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thinking cap

noun

  1. a state of mind marked by reflection or concentration:

    If we put on our thinking caps, we may come up with the answer.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of thinking cap1

First recorded in 1870–75
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Idioms and Phrases

see put on one's thinking cap .
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Example Sentences

Bring your boogie shoes — and your thinking caps.

With jolly maximalism and Shrinky Dinks shadings, this is a book that invites children to take off their thinking caps, relax and revel in pure silliness.

“Use your common sense and put your thinking caps on,” she instructed jurors.

And that’s all well and good, but it’s not a great bet young kids will come away with that new feather in their thinking caps.

It’s the biggest week of the high school football season, so let me peek into my crystal ball, put on my thinking cap and come up with some predictions for the biggest games.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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