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hobbyhorse \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun 1. a. : a figure designed to resemble a horse and made of light material (as wickerwork) that is fastened about the waist of a dancer (as in the morris dance or in Spanish or Javanese dance rituals) who dances about imitating the movements of a high-spirited horse b. : a dancer wearing this figure and performing a dance associated with it 2. obsolete : buffoon 3. a. : a child's plaything which consists typically of a stick having an imitation horse's head at one end and sometimes wheels at the other and which the child straddles and pretends to ride — called also stick horse b. : one of the horses on a merry-go-round c. : rocking horse d. : a toy horse suspended by springs from a frame 4. a. : something (as a pet idea or favorite topic or special object of concern) with which one is preoccupied or to which one constantly reverts < this is one of his political hobbyhorses > specifically : a cranky obsession b. archaic : hobby 3b 5. : dandy horse |