Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ice-cream headache

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables: ice-cream -headache
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of ice cream headache.

Example Sentences

"Swallowing a cold drink or ice cream can evoke a sudden pain in the palate, throat, or forehead. Such “ice-cream headaches” are more common in people prone to migraines."
"An ice pick of cold stabbed into the back of Jason’s left eye. “Now I know what Madame Rosa’s warning meant,” he gasped, shoving his mint-chip milk shake away. “What?” Dani demanded. “I shouldn’t have sucked that down so fast. I’ve got a killer ice-cream headache now,” Jason explained, toying with the half-empty cup."
"She’d finished her milkshake so fast that Michael was surprised she didn’t have an ice-cream headache."

Inflected Forms

ice-cream headaches (plural)

Questions

What does ice-cream headache mean?: Alternative form of ice cream headache.

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