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

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Etymology

Origin of rocking horse

First recorded in 1795–1805

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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 idea for “Split-Rocker” came to Koons when he noticed his son’s rocking horse in one corner of a room, and a rocking dinosaur in another.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025

"His first Christmas present was a rocking horse, for his second I got him a pony, and he's never looked back."

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2023

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

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