ROCKING HORSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rocking horse mean? 

• ROCKING HORSE (noun)
  The noun ROCKING HORSE has 1 sense:

1. a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride

  Familiarity information: ROCKING HORSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROCKING HORSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hobby; hobbyhorse; rocking horse

Hypernyms ("rocking horse" is a kind of...):

plaything; toy (an artifact designed to be played with)

Meronyms (parts of "rocking horse"):

rocker (a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro)