hobby

Examples

• All

• The child happily rode the hobby horse, pretending to be a knight on an adventure.

• Well, it 's gonna get even better, because we found one of the old original hobby horses from your movie.

  Man on the Moon (1999)

• I think we have a new favorite hobby toy.

• When she looks over her shoulder, the Arabian is now a child's wooden hobby horse.

  Fiction book (2000)

• At the fair, we saw a line of children waiting to ride on the bright, painted hobby horses.

• My sister got a beautiful wooden hobby horse for her birthday, and she plays with it every day.

Synonyms

H

horsey

vshobby

• Baby Talk

15 5.6

A child's toy horse used for play

is the particular mounted version meant for straddling and rocking motion

R

rocking horse

vshobby

3 1.3

A child's toy horse on curved rockers that moves when you sit on it

focuses more on straddling and pretending to ride rather than just rocking motion

H

horsy

vshobby

• Baby Talk

1 5.2

A toy horse that rocks back and forth for children

is the specific toy meant to be straddled while pretending to ride

H

hobbyhorse

vshobby

• Baby Talk

1 7.2

A toy horse on a stick that a child sits on and pretends to ride

is only the version mounted on rockers for straddling and pretending to ride

S

stick horse

vshobby

• Baby Talk

1 2.3

A toy with a horse head on a stick that a child pretends to ride

is the mounted-on-rockers form meant for sitting and rocking rather than holding

C

cockhorse

vshobby

• Archaic

1 9.9

A thing that a child rides for play, like a toy rocking horse or a person's knee

refers only to the mounted toy meant for straddling and pretending to ride

Compounds

H

hobby horse

• Archaic

1 7.6

A subject someone is too excited about and often mentions

H

hobby knife

• Specialized

3.8

A small sharp tool with a replaceable blade that you use in crafts for precise cutting

How Realistic

hobby

• Baby Talk

4 9.9

stick horse

• Baby Talk

1 2.3

Surface Forms

Etymology