brain freeze

English

Noun

brain freeze (usually uncountable, plural brain freezes)

1. (informal) A pain in the head from eating or drinking something cold.
2. (psychology) Failure to remember something, with the sense that recall is imminent.

Synonyms

• ice cream headache
• tip of the tongue
• presque vu

Further reading

• Brain freeze (headache) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  
• Brain freeze (memory) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia