to brain
- verb
- /breɪn/
- NSFW
- He tried to brain one of the orderlies with this goddamned thing.
Examples
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The villain planned to brain his adversary in the final duel.
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He was angry and threatened to brain me with a heavy rock.
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Come back here, so that I may brain thee!
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- He was fixing to brain me with his club.
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Oh, Joan, if you say that again, I'll brain you.
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Why don't we just brain her and grab it?
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Vitti winds up to brain him with the pipe.
Fiction book (1999) -
I'm gonna brain you!
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A moment later they heard the engineer: "Feeny brained him with his shovel."
Fiction book (2001) -
In a fit of rage, she lifted the bat to brain her opponent.
Synonyms
To strike someone or something with force
To hit someone or something very hard
Hit someone many times until they are badly hurt or win against them very clearly
Hit something hard so it breaks or opens
To hit someone with your head
To hit someone or something hard with your head
To injure the brain by a hit, making the person confused or unconscious
Hit a person's head very hard and cause serious injury
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To try to get rid of bad pictures or thoughts in your mind after something upsetting
- Informal
A thought that keeps coming into your mind and is hard to forget
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To ask someone for ideas or advice about something they know well
Compounds
- Specialized
Injury to the brain that causes long term problems with how it works
- Specialized
A person with no brain activity and no chance to get better, though the body may still work
- Specialized
The part of the brain near the spinal cord that controls breathing and heart rate
- Specialized
With a serious injury to the brain that makes it hard to think or move
- Literature
A group of expert advisors who help a leader, often unofficially in politics
- Specialized
Part of the brain that controls the left side of the body and helps with creativity and understanding space
Left half of the brain that controls the right body side and helps with language and thinking
The leaving of skilled or well educated people from a country to work abroad for better jobs
- Specialized
A condition when all brain activity stops and cannot return, even if the heart still beats
- Specialized
A barrier of blood vessels and cells that stops harmful substances in the blood from entering the brain
- Literature
A person who gives expert advice to political leaders without an official job
- Specialized
The part of the brain at the base that connects to the spinal cord and controls breathing and heart rate
- Specialized
A group of brain parts that help control emotions, memory and behavior
- Slang
A slow loss of clear thinking from little mental activity or too much screen time
- Specialized
A sudden short-term brain problem that makes a person confused and often follows illness, injury, or medicine use
- Specialized
Temporary state of confusion and disorientation caused by short-term brain damage from infection, injury or drugs
- Archaic
A mild brain problem in children, often in boys, that causes problems with behaviour and learning
- Archaic
A condition in children that makes them restless and have trouble paying attention, now called ADHD
- Specialized
Part of the brain that helps you smell and connect smells with feelings
- Archaic
A brain problem caused by injury or disease that harms thinking and memory
- Jargon
A system or tool that stores information to help you remember and organize things
- Specialized
A surgery that cuts the connection between the two halves of the brain
How Hard
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb brain comes from the noun idea: to 'brain' someone is to hit their head so hard you hit the brain, which is why it means to strike someone on the head.