rocking horse
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈrɑkɪŋ hɔrs/
:
caballito de madera
- Her grandfather made her a beautiful wooden rocking horse for her birthday.
- a rocking horse
- painted rocking horse
- red rocking horse
And his response was when I was three years old, I named my rocking horse Brain Saddle.
- And his response was when I was three years old, I named my rocking horse Brain Saddle.
Examples
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Through the door, he could see a rocking horse and a small bicycle standing against the wall.
Fiction book (2000) -
Lilly was so upset that eventually Uncle Alik, Stefan's father, bought Lilly a new rocking horse.
Fiction book (2001) -
Just a little boy on a rocking horse.
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Give him a rocking horse.
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You have a big, wooden rocking horse in the window.
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Mom says I was too busy crawling everywhere and trying to ride my rocking horse.
Fiction book (2001) -
Certain he had done his duty, he hopped on his red and white rocking horse and headed west.
Fiction book (1990) -
When we brought the rocking horse home and Dad inspected it, it didn't seem like such a prize.
Fiction book (1997) -
Lilly howled when she found out about her rocking horse because she loved rocking so much.
Fiction book (2001) -
Toys littered the front porch: a Big Wheel leaned on its side, a brown rocking horse on blown springs that seemed to be nosing through the slats in the fallen porch railing, wanting to escape.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
15
5.6
A child's toy horse used for play
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9.9
A toy horse a child rocks while sitting and pretending to ride
1
9.9
A thing that a child rides for play, like a toy rocking horse or a person's knee
1
7.2
A toy horse on a stick that a child sits on and pretends to ride
How Playful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a horse that rocks' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'rocking' (moving back and forth) with 'horse' (the animal), yielding an object shaped like a horse that rocks. This compositional compound follows common adjective+noun noun-formation patterns and is likely immediately interpretable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The compound noun rocking horse is a child's 'toy' that looks like a horse and is fixed on curved rockers so a child can do rocking, or 'move back and forth' while seated. That's why the name simply describes the toy you sit on and rock.