think-tank

think-tank (plural think-tanks)

1. Alternative spelling of think tank

think-tank (third-person singular simple present think-tanks, present participle think-tanking, simple past and past participle think-tanked)

1. To perform research and develop recommendations as part of a think tank.
   • 1985, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice, Audio and Video First Sale Doctrine:

     The chairman had some quite remarkable hearings last year — I think you cited in your testimony Dr. Lange and others who came here and sort of think-tanked for us — and it was very interesting.

   • 1990, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, Crisis, page 20:

     In either event, depending on the nature of the business and the help needed, assistance through the entire procedure will be provided. Everything from devising a business plan to business expansion strategies are think-tanked.

   • 2013, Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story, →ISBN:

     Bill will change jobs to be closer, will move from D.C. to L.A., just after the riots, and will do his think-tanking there.

   • 2016, Warren Henderson, Destiny to Die, →ISBN:

     And punishing the ones who were responsible for think-tanking, creating and unleashing this horrible monster, murdering biological warfare on the people, while being faithfully, willingly and ready to die in accomplishing their conquest against these evil-doers.

   • 2016, Finance Your Business, →ISBN:

     To Schroeder, the trip to FedEx's 2015 small-business summit, where she and fellow winners “think-tanked it out,” was invaluable.

Unadapted borrowing from English think tank.

• IPA^(key): /tinc tank/, /θinc tank/

think-tank (definite accusative think-tankı, plural think-tanklar)

1. think tank

   Synonym: beyin takımı