Usually means: Sudden, painful muscle spasm, leg.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word charley horse:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. charley horse: Merriam-Webster
  2. charley horse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. charley horse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. charley horse: Collins English Dictionary
  5. charley-horse, charley horse: Vocabulary.com
  6. charley horse: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. charley horse: Wiktionary
  8. charley horse: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. charley horse: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. charley-horse, charley horse: Dictionary.com
  11. charley horse: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Charley horse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. charley-horse, charley horse: Rhymezone
  14. charley-horse, charley horse: FreeDictionary.org
  15. charley-horse, charley horse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. charley-horse, charley horse: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. Charley horse: World Wide Words
  18. charley horse: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. charley horse: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Charley horse: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Charley horse: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  6. charley horse: Medical dictionary
  7. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  8. Charley horse: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. charley horse: Idioms
  2. charley horse: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. charley horse: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (charley horse)

noun:  (idiomatic, US) A muscle cramp, usually a strong one, in the thigh, leg, arm, or core.
noun:  (informal) A punch in the thigh.

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