Phrase guide

rocking horse

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hobby, hobbyhorse

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plaything, toy

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: люлеещо се конче (ljuleešto se konče) — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Catalan: cavall balancí — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 搖馬 /摇马 (yáomǎ) — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 木馬 /木马 (mùmǎ) — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Cimbrian: rössle — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Cornish: margh leska — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Czech: houpací kůň — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Danish: gyngehest — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Dutch: schommelpaard — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Dutch: hobbelpaard — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Esperanto: balancoĉevalo — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Estonian: kiikhobu — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Estonian: kiikhobune — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Finnish: keinuhevonen — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • French: cheval à bascule — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • German: Schaukelpferd — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • German: Hutschpferd — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Hebrew: סוּס נַדְנֵדָה (sus nadnedá) — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Hungarian: hintaló — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Irish: capall luascáin — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Italian: cavallo a dondolo — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Japanese: 木馬 (mokuba) — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Korean: 목마 (mongma) — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gyngehest — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gyngehest — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Occitan: cavalet — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Occitan: cavalon — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Plautdietsch: Jenjelpieet — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Polish: koń na biegunach — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Portuguese: cavalinho de balanço — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Russian: конь-кача́лка (konʹ-kačálka) — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Russian: ло́шадь-кача́лка (lóšadʹ-kačálka) — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Russian: лоша́дка (lošádka) — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Spanish: caballito balancín — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Spanish: caballito — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Swedish: gunghäst — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Turkish: sallanan at — a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing