Charley horse

Synonyms for "charley horse" (37 found)

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Closest matches (8)

acute painbiteboring paincrampcrampscrickdarting pain
Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (11)

fulgurant paingirdle paingnawinggripinghitchjumping painkinklancinating painnippangparoxysm

Related words (18)

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3 entries
crampmuscle spasmspasm

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Of course there had been plenty of bruises—one mild case of charley-horse, several dislocated or sprained fingers, a wrenched ankle or two and any number of cuts and scrapes, […]

Source: wiktionary

I knew to just keep my mouth shut about it — unless I wanted the word "dummy" to be followed by a charley horse.

Source: wiktionary