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ROCKING HORSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride
Synonyms:
hobby; hobbyhorse; rocking horse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rocking horse" is a kind of...):
plaything; toy (an artifact designed to be played with)
Meronyms (parts of "rocking horse"):
rocker (a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro)