Synonyms and Antonyms for charley-horse
1. horse (n.)
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
- horse's foot
- stablemate
- pony
- liver chestnut
- saddle horse
- jade
- racehorse
- equid
- steeplechaser
- workhorse
- protohippus
- hack
- poll
- bangtail
- harness horse
- encolure
- mare
- pinto
- wild horse
- nag
- stepper
- mesohippus
- palomino
- dawn horse
- race horse
- Equus
- chestnut
- plug
- sorrel
- female horse
- stalking-horse
- post-horse
- poster
- foal
- genus Equus
- horseflesh
- gaskin
- horsemeat
- horseback
- high stepper
- polo pony
- riding horse
- gee-gee
- eohippus
- male horse
- equine
- pacer
- mount
- withers
- bay
- stable companion
- Equus caballus
- roan
- post horse
2. charley-horse (n.)
a muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise
3. horse (n.)
a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
5. horse (n.)
a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
7. horse-trail (n.)
a trail for horses
8. horse (n.)
troops trained to fight on horseback
9. one-horse (adj.)
small and remote and insignificant
10. horse-pistol (n.)
a large pistol (usually in a holster) formerly carried by horsemen
