hobbyhorse

Definition of Hobbyhorse in English :

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Noun

1. hobbyhorse

a topic to which one constantly reverts

Example Sentences:
'don't get him started on his hobbyhorse'

2. hobby, hobbyhorse, rocking horse

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hobbyhorse

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verb

5. (intransitive) nautical

(of a vessel) to pitch violently

noun

1.

a toy consisting of a stick with a figure of a horse's head at one end

2. another word for rocking horse

3.

a figure of a horse attached to a performer's waist in a pantomime, morris dance, etc

4.

a favourite topic or obsessive fixed idea (esp in the phrase on one's hobbyhorse)

Hobbyhorse

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noun

1.

a.

a figure of a horse attached to the waist of a person doing a morris dance so that the person seems to be riding it

b.

such a dancer

2.

a child's toy consisting of a stick with a horse's head at one end: it is straddled in a pretense of riding

3.

rocking horse

4.

a scheme or idea with which one is preoccupied

Hobbyhorse

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n.

1.

a. A child's riding toy that consists of a long stick with an imitation horse's head on one end.

b. See rocking horse.

2.

a. A figure of a horse worn attached to the waist of a mummer, as in a morris dance.

b. A person wearing such a figure.

3.

a. A favorite hobby.

b. A topic that one frequently brings up or dwells on; a fixation.

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