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rocky

adj
/ˈɹɒki/UK/ˈɹɑki/US/ˈɹɔki/

Etymology

From Middle English rokki, rokky (“rocky”), from rok, rokke (“rock; a rock or stone; large rock by a coast or in the sea; rocky outcrop on a mountain, cliff; castle, citadel, stronghold”) [and other forms] + -i (suffix forming adjectives). Rok, rokke are derived from: * Old English *rocc (“rock”); and * Anglo-Norman roc, roce, roque, and Old French roce, roke, roque, variants of roche (“rock”); both from Medieval Latin roca, rocca; further etymology uncertain, possibly of Celtic origin. The English word is analysable as rock + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).

  1. derived from roca
  2. derived from roce
  3. derived from roc
  4. inherited from *rocc✻ — “rock”
  5. inherited from rokki

Definitions

  1. Abounding in, or full of, rocks

    Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.

    • a rocky mountain    a rocky shore
    • The pihoihoi live in the island's interior, and the torea on its rocky shore.
    • When faced with a rockier or muddier section, look ahead for the easiest way across. This might involve hopping from one rock to another, or looking for flat sections or patches of vegetation that might be grippier.

  2. Like a rock

    Like a rock; rigid, solid.

    • Marsh went on as his prisoner drank. "Because you're caught in the middle of my alternate plan, Ram-Jam, which ram-jams your ass between the rockiest rock and the hardest hard place you ever imagined.

  3. Having a habitat around or on rocks.

  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. Not easily affected or impressed

      Not easily affected or impressed; stony; hard; obdurate; unfeeling.

      • to have a rocky heart

    2. Having little or no money

      Having little or no money; stony broke.

      • "Come, George, fork out. I'm sorry if you're rocky too but it's an absolute that it's no good going back without it." "'Rocky,' my God!" said George, echoing her shallow laugh. "Well—but how much do you need to square it?"

    3. Easily rocked

      Easily rocked; unstable.

      • The table was rocky, so we put a book under one leg.

    4. Encountering many problems

      Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress.

      • Their relationship had weathered some rocky times, but they loved each other.

    5. Of a person

      Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).

    6. In the style of rock music.

      • His new album is quite rocky.

    7. A diminutive of the male given names Robert, Ricky, Rocco, Roch, or Rock.

      • Philadelphia Museum of Art:[…]This venue is also famous for its notable appearance in the 1976 movie 'Rocky', where Robert "Rocky" Balboabounds up the museum's steps as he prepares for his upcoming title match with Apollo Creed.

    8. Diminutive of Rock (“surname”).

    9. nickame for a boxer, after Rocky Balboa, a fictional boxer in a series of films.

    10. The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a motion picture.

    11. A placename

      • Rocky is the major city on the central Queensland coast and likes to call itself the beef capital of Australia.
      • Rocky has a smattering of attractions but is best seen as the gateway to the coastal gems of Yeppoon and Great Keppel Island.
      • “I wonder when I′ll be asked to leave?” Kevin thought. “This is very different to how things went last time in Rocky (Rockhampton). It all seems very relaxed here. The staff seem to expect you to hang around. What for?”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA