rocking horse

noun

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

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Meanings

nounrocking horse (plural rocking horses)

plural rocking horses

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

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
hobbyhobbyhorse
Broader
playthingtoy
Also see
hobby

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian люлеещо се конче
  • 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
  • cavall balancía child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Chinese Mandarin 搖馬 /摇马, 木馬 /木马
  • 搖馬 /摇马 (yáomǎ)a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • 木馬 /木马 (mùmǎ)a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Czech houpací kůň
  • houpací kůňa child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Danish gyngehest
  • gyngehesta child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Dutch schommelpaard, hobbelpaard
  • schommelpaarda child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • hobbelpaarda child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Esperanto balancoĉevalo
  • balancoĉevaloa child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Estonian kiikhobu, kiikhobune
  • kiikhobua child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • kiikhobunea child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Finnish keinuhevonen
  • keinuhevonena child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
French cheval à bascule
  • cheval à basculea child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
German Schaukelpferd, Hutschpferd
  • Schaukelpferda child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • Hutschpferda child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Hebrew סוּס נַדְנֵדָה
  • סוּס נַדְנֵדָה (sus nadnedá)a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Hungarian hintaló
  • hintalóa child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Irish capall luascáin
  • capall luascáina child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Italian cavallo a dondolo
  • cavallo a dondoloa child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Japanese 木馬
  • 木馬 (mokuba)a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Korean 목마
  • 목마 (mongma)a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Norwegian Bokmål gyngehest
  • gyngehesta child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Polish koń na biegunach
  • koń na biegunacha child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Portuguese cavalinho de balanço
  • cavalinho de balançoa child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Russian конь-кача́лка, ло́шадь-кача́лка
  • конь-кача́лка (konʹ-kačálka)a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • ло́шадь-кача́лка (lóšadʹ-kačálka)a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • лоша́дка (lošádka)a child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Spanish caballito balancín, caballito
  • caballito balancína child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
  • caballitoa child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Swedish gunghäst
  • gunghästa child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Turkish sallanan at
  • sallanan ata child’s toy consisting of a (usually wooden) horse mounted on a rocker or swing
Cite this entry
APA

rocking horse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rocking%20horse

MLA

“rocking horse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rocking%20horse. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rocking horse,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rocking%20horse.

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