rocky

See also Rocky

English

Pronunciation

• (Australia) IPA: [ˈɹʷɔkiː] X-SAMPA: ["r\_wOki:]
• (UK) enPR: rŏk'i, IPA: /ˈɹɒki/, [ˈɹʷɒkiː], X-SAMPA: /"rQki/, ["r\_wQki:]
• (US) IPA: [ˈɹʷɒki], X-SAMPA: ["r\_wQki]

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• Rhymes: -ɒki

Etymology 1

From rock (“to move back and forth”) +‎ -y.

Adjective

rocky (comparative rockier or more rocky, superlative rockiest or most rocky)

1. Unstable; easily rocked.

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

2. In the style of rock and roll music.

   His new album is quite rocky.

3. (figuratively) Troubled; or difficult; in danger or distress.

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

Derived terms

• rocky chair

Translations

unstable, easily rocked

• Finnish: heiluva (fi)

figurative: troubled

• Finnish: kova (fi)

Etymology 2

From rock (“stone”) +‎ -y.

Adjective

rocky (comparative rockier, superlative rockiest)

1. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks.

   a rocky mountain

   a rocky shore

2. Like a rock.

   the rocky orb of a shield

3. (figuratively) Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom.

Derived terms

• rocky road

Translations

full of rocks

• Czech: skalnatý m, skalnatá f, skalnaté n
• Dutch: rotsig (nl)
• Esperanto: rokriĉa (eo)
• Finnish: kivinen (fi), kallioinen (fi)
• German: felsig (de), steinig (de)
• Hungarian: sziklás (hu)
• Italian: roccioso (it) m, petroso (it) m, sassoso (it) m

• Jèrriais: rotcheux
• Old Norse: grjót
• Polish: skalisty (pl)
• Russian: каменистый (ru) (kam'enístyj), скалистый (ru) (skalístyj)
• Spanish: rocoso (es)
• Welsh: creigiog

like a rock

• Finnish: kivikova (fi)

figurative: not easily impressed

• Finnish: kova (fi), kivisydäminen (fi)

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Translations to be checked

• Hungarian: sziklás, szirtes, meddő, köves; bizonytalan, imbolygó, ingatag
• Welsh:sigledig

Anagrams

• corky