CHARLEY HORSE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

charley-horse; charley horse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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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