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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
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)
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