rocking horse

American  

noun

• rocking horses
  plural

1. a toy horse, as of wood, mounted on rockers or springs, on which children may ride; hobbyhorse.

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rocking horse British  

noun

1. a toy horse mounted on a pair of rockers on which a child can rock to and fro in a seesaw movement

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• rocking horses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of rocking horse

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

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rocking horse

Set against the distant Blue Ridge Mountains, it depicts a favorite Southern activity—akin to her widely admired maple-sugaring paintings set up north—embellished with details like the tiny rocking horse on her front porch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

The cubist-inspired sculpture — half toy rocking horse head, half toy dinosaur head — is alive in more ways than one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025

"My nana and grandad, who have passed away, used to have a rocking horse so I thought that would be a lovely memory for her tree."

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024

The five-act show also included a set consisting of mushrooms, an oversized snail, rubber ducks and a rocking horse.

From Fox News ● Dec. 30, 2021

There was a handsome new rocking horse for J.B., who had worn the rockers of his old one down to nubbins.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly