Rocky

See also: rocky and Rockies

English

Etymology

Diminutives with -y.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Proper noun

Rocky (countable and uncountable, plural Rockys)

1. A diminutive of the male given names Robert, Ricky, Rocco, Roch, or Rock.
   • 1995, Patricia Cornwell, From Potter′s Field, Berkeley Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 82:

     ‘I didn′t know your son′s name was Rocky,’ I quietly said as we started walking again.
     ‘It's really Richard. When he was a kid we called him Ricky, which somehow turned into Rocky. Some people call him Rocco. He gets called a lot of things.’

   • 2024, DK Travel, DK USA‎^[1]:

     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.

2. Diminutive of Rock (“surname”).
3. Rocky Balboa, a fictional boxer in a series of films. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
4. (informal) The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a motion picture.
5. A placename
   1. (informal, Australia) Diminutive of Rockhampton; the regional city of Rockhampton; a city in Queensland, Australia.
      • 2005, Tim Uden, Australia: The Backpackers Ultimate Guide, 3rd edition, page 178:

        Rocky is the major city on the central Queensland coast and likes to call itself the beef capital of Australia.

      • 2008, Alan Murphy, Justin Flynn, Olivia Pozzan, Paul Harding, Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef, Lonely Planet, page 234:

        Rocky has a smattering of attractions but is best seen as the gateway to the coastal gems of Yeppoon and Great Keppel Island.

      • 2009, Steele Fitchett, chapter I, in Being Real‎^[2], page 15:

        “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?”

   2. A town in Oklahoma, United States.

Anagrams

• corky

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English Rocky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾokki/ [ˈɾ̪ok.kɪ]
• Hyphenation: Roc‧ky

Proper noun

Rocky (Badlit spelling ᜇᜓᜃᜒ)

1. a male given name from English

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Rocky.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɾaki/ [ˈɾaː.xɪ]
• Rhymes: -aki
• Syllabification: Ro‧cky

Proper noun

Rocky (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜃᜒ)

1. a male given name from English