Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Consisting of, containing, or abounding in rock or rocks.
- adj. Resembling or suggesting rock; firm or hard.
- adj. Steadfast or stubborn; unyielding: her rocky heart.
- adj. Marked by obstructions or difficulties: the rocky road to success.
- adj. Inclined or prone to sway or totter; unsteady or shaky: a rocky shelf.
- adj. Appearing inclined to fail; discouraging or disappointing: had a rocky start, but managed to succeed.
- adj. Weak, dizzy, or nauseated, especially as a result of the excessive intake of alcohol or drugs.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Full of rocks; abounding in rocks: as, a rocky mountain.
- Consisting of rock or rocks.
- Resembling a rock; hence, hard; stony; obdurate; insusceptible of impression; hard as a rock: as, a rocky bosom.
- Disposed to rock or reel; hence, giddy; tipsy; dizzy.
- In a shaky, precarious condition.
Wiktionary
- adj. Unstable; easily rocked.
- adj. In the style of rock and roll music.
- adj. figuratively Troubled; or difficult; in danger or distress.
- adj. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks.
- adj. Like a rock.
- adj. figuratively Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks.
- adj. Like a rock.
- adj. Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. liable to rock
- adj. abounding in rocks or stones
- adj. full of hardship or trials
- adj. causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
Etymologies
- From rock (“stone”) + -y. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“A new interview with the first couple reveals details on everything from their date night to what they call a rocky period in their marriage.”
“They can grow faster than this and if you live in rocky terrain they will wear them down pretty quickly.”
“The IRS 700XX works great in rocky situations, and its ground clearance allows it to work exceptionally well in muddy, rutted terrain or in areas where fallen trees cover the trail.”
“In a sign that relations with South Korea are likely to remain rocky, the North and South ended their first working-level military talks in two years Thursday with no progress as negotiators stumbled over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang, Seoul's Defense Ministry said.”
The Huffington Post: Kim Jong Un PHOTOS: North Korea Prints Pics Of Heir Apparent
“Pokeberries proliferate even during drought and in rocky, infertile soil.”
Pokeberries Could Be the Key to Spreading Affordable Solar Power Around the World | Impact Lab
“Also, we found that running higher pressure in rocky conditions and for high-speed riding is useful.”
“Saharan species include the trees Acacia tortilis raddiana on sandy substrates, A. ehrenbergiana on stony and clay soils and a few stands of Hyphaene thebaica in rocky wadis.”
“The hearing was rocky from the start for Andrea Carter Latimer, an assistant Middlesex County prosecutor.”
“Another technique, which can be used in rocky soils, is to encircle the entire building with buried heavy copper cable without insulation, so this long loop of copper is the ground.”
“A medium-size body gives a medium wobble, best for bass in rocky cover.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘rocky’.
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•Open List: Songboys
Inspired by gangerh's extremely addictive list songbirds, this is the same type list, but for male names. Same rules apply:
Names of boys in song titles. Not in the lyrics, just in the title...jack, jesse, jakey, john, arthur, nick, donald, bill, billy, gideon, riley, charlie and 95 more...
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Words that are also movies
Unabashedly stolen from a comment made by courier12.
vertigo, serendipity, casablanca, psycho, jaws, fantasia, stagecoach, network, rocky, giant, platoon, unforgiven and 285 more...
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Brand Theft Auto
A marque list for cars--models or companies who've used common words as their name.
explorer, navigator, frontier, mustang, quest, cougar, sidekick, legend, legacy, ranger, voyager, civic and 266 more...
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rock phrases/words
how rock is used
stick of rock, rock wren, rock worm, rockwool, rock wood, rock-wombed, rock wilderness, rock whiting, rock-white, rock whistler, rock whelk, rock waste and 371 more...
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•Open List: Flights of Fancy
Fictitious birds. Thanks to PossibleUnderscore for the idea! (Please add a brief description under "Comments" if the creature isn't well-known.)
phoenix, quetzalcoatl, thunderbird, roc, snipe, Roly-Poly Bird, ba, griffin, sphinx, Foghorn Leghorn, Heckle and Jeckle, firebird and 166 more...
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FUN - Beatles song titles
Typical words from Beatles song titles. Can you recreate the titles?
(Grammatical words have been omitted)polythene, Sun King, rhythm and blues, taxman, tripper, monkey business, mailman, matchbox, rock and roll, ooh, blue jay, reprise and 388 more...
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Y
What a -Y does to an otherwise common, dull word
zany, waxy, wavy, arty, chewy, bony, boxy, cozy, nosy, foxy, wiry, junky and 321 more...
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textures
rocky, smooth, slimy, bumpy, sharp, silky, grainy, flaky, ridged, rugged, cracked
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Unite 2
unspeakable, unavoidable, snobbish, sluggish, sizeable, rocky, reputable, numerous, moody, misty, knowledgeable, justifiable and 18 more...
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Realism
Words to describe the art during the Realist movement
reality, harsh, criticizing, working-class, labor, working, organized, status, satire, dark, masses, ordinary and 45 more...
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If-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-...
Words that have been used as baby names, including virtue names, nature names, place names, etc.
The title is an actual name given to a Puritan boy in the 17th century.faith, hope, grace, charity, chastity, prudence, patience, temperance, river, phoenix, stone, violet and 455 more...
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spicolli's Words
terrapin, ravenous, fuck, sepulchral, garlic, suss, queer, curmudgeon, foodie, intricate, omphalos, subversion and 534 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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purple mountain magesties
US mountain ranges
cascade, sierra, rocky, wallowa, teton, smoky, adirondack, appalachian, blue ridge, shawangunk, green, endless and 17 more...
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TT2 Lesson 18
Nevada, basin, faraway, inland, onto, rocky, peak, period, seafloor, prehistoric, historic, history and 77 more...
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pet names
edgar, bruce, crouton, peanut, bruno, charlie, bear, rocky, hans
Tweets
Looking for tweets for rocky.
PossibleUnderscore The rooster from Chicken Run. Dec 21, 2009
skipvia Rocky Raccoon by the Beatles Feb 9, 2008