rocking horse

NOUN

child's model horse

Synonyms

WEAK

cockhorse hobby hobby horse hobbyhorse

Example Sentences

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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

Kendra reached up into the hatch and felt around inside the hollow rocking horse.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull