rocking horse

rock horse

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [rok hawrs]
- /rɒk hɔrs/
- /rɒk hɔːs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [rok hawrs]
- /rɒk hɔrs/

Definitions of rocking horse words

noun rocking horse a toy horse, as of wood, mounted on rockers or springs, on which children may ride; hobbyhorse. 1
noun rocking horse riding toy 1
countable noun rocking horse A rocking-horse is a toy horse which a child can sit on and which can be made to rock backwards and forwards. 0
noun rocking horse a toy horse mounted on a pair of rockers on which a child can rock to and fro in a seesaw movement 0
noun rocking horse a toy horse mounted on rockers or springs and big enough for a child to ride 0

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Origin of rocking horse

First appearance:

before 1795

One of the 43% newest English words

First recorded in 1795-1805

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Parts of speech for Rocking horse

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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rocking horse popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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