brainstorm
- a sudden impulse, idea, etc.
- a fit of mental confusion or excitement.
- brainstorming.
- of or relating to brainstorming.
- to conduct or practice brainstorming.
- to subject (a problem) to brainstorming.
Origin of brainstorm
Related Words for brainstorm
deliberate, ponder, conceive, create, invent, think, plan, analyze, conceptualizeExamples from the Web for brainstorm
Contemporary Examples of brainstorm
Bringing comedy to the forefront, Samsung employs Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd to sit in a brainstorm meeting.
He used precious time when he could have been resting to brainstorm with Fasanella about ways to make future raids more effective.
They didn't want to brainstorm solutions and they didn't want to bale water.
Over the next three days we'll hear stories of bravery and brainstorm solutions for change.
She was working on the MGM production, Brainstorm, with Walken when she drowned over Thanksgiving weekend.
L.A. Sheriff Reopens Natalie Wood Drowning Probe, Citing New InformationChristine Pelisek
November 18, 2011
Historical Examples of brainstorm
"And then my erstwhile associate Jimenez had a brainstorm," said Terry ruefully.
Creatures of the AbyssMurray Leinster
Dont worry, said Harvey, Flo probably had a brainstorm and called them already.
Beginners LuckEmily Hahn
It may seem rude to say so, but Orangeism consists mainly of a settled hallucination and an annual brainstorm.
The Open Secret of IrelandT. M. Kettle
I fired up my Xbox and opened a word-processor and started to brainstorm ideas for my papers.
Little BrotherCory Doctorow
It had been a brainstorm selecting only girls—and pretty young things, at that—for the Interstellar Symphony.
World Beyond PlutoC. H. Thames
brainstorm
- a severe outburst of excitement, often as the result of a transitory disturbance of cerebral activity
- British informal a sudden mental aberration
- informal another word for brainwave