brainstorm

Etymology
. In the sense of "problem-solve", devised as a method of group by advertising executive  and his employees, who coined the term based on the image of using "the brain to storm a problem". In the sense of "seizure, convulsion, brain activity", from the unrelated idea that it is like a storm in the brain.

Verb

 * 1)  To investigate something, or solve a problem using brainstorming.
 * 2)  To participate in a brainstorming session.
 * 3)  To think up (ideas); especially, to do so creatively.
 * 1)  To participate in a brainstorming session.
 * 2)  To think up (ideas); especially, to do so creatively.

Noun

 * 1)  A sudden thought, particularly one that solves a long-standing problem.
 * I had been working on the problem for weeks, and then I had a brainstorm and saw that the solution was easy.
 * 1) A session of brainstorming, investigating a problem to try to find solutions.
 * 2)  An unexpected mental error.
 * 3) * 2005 October 5, "Iguchi hit ruins Red Sox's night", BBC Online, 5 October
 * A terrible fielding error from Tony Graffanino proved costly. [...] Aaron Rowand collected an RBI double to get them off the mark before Graffanino's brainstorm. Juan Uribe hit a roller to the second baseman, who let the potential inning-ending double-play ball roll under his glove, leaving runners at first and third bases.
 * electrical brainstorm
 * electrical brainstorm
 * electrical brainstorm

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