CHARLEY-HORSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does charley-horse mean? 

• CHARLEY-HORSE (noun)
  The noun CHARLEY-HORSE has 1 sense:

1. a muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise

  Familiarity information: CHARLEY-HORSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHARLEY-HORSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

charley-horse; charley horse

Hypernyms ("charley-horse" is a kind of...):

cramp; muscle spasm; spasm (a painful and involuntary muscular contraction)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)