Definition of "brainstorm" []

• A sudden clever plan or idea. (noun)
• A sudden, violent disturbance of the mind. (noun)
• To engage in or organize brainstorming. (verb-intransitive)
• To consider or investigate (an issue, for example) by brainstorming. (verb-transitive)
• To think of or produce (a solution to a problem, for example) by brainstorming. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "You must brainstorm from the beginning of a project – before you even write a word of it – through the outlining, the writing, and the final edit and polish."
• "The brainstorm is this: one could very easily use Meetup to arrange a local “Old School CD Share.”"
• "If I weren't set up for that and were looking for outside hosting, I'd probably go for something like Meilin Miranda's latest brainstorm, which is a co-hosting site for authors doing crowdsourced fiction: DigitalNovelists. com."