rocking horse

American  

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of rocking horse

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

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

"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

He changed the image of the rattling subway car into that of a rocking horse.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer