rocky

See also: Rocky and Rockies

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɹʷɔkiː]
• enPR: rŏk'i, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒki/, [ˈɹʷɒkiː]
• IPA^(key): [ˈɹʷɒki]

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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 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

• rockily
• rockiness
• rocky chair

Translations

unstable, easily rocked

• Finnish: heiluva
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• Italian: traballante (it), instabile (it), vacillante (it), malfermo (it)

figurative: troubled

• Finnish: kova (fi)
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• Italian: travagliato (it)

Etymology 2

From rock (“stone”) +‎ -y.

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from rocky (etymology 2)

• Rockies
• rockily
• rockiness
• Rocky Mount
• Rocky Mountains
• rocky road

Translations

full of rocks

• Czech: skalnatý (cs) m, skalnatá f, skalnaté n
• Dutch: rotsig (nl)
• Esperanto: rokriĉa
• Finnish: kivinen (fi), kallioinen (fi)
• French: rocheux (fr)
• Galician: rochoso m
• German: felsig, steinig (de)
• Greek: βραχώδης (el) (vrachódis)

  Ancient: πετρώδης (petrṓdēs)

• Hungarian: sziklás (hu)
• Icelandic: grýttur m, steinóttur m, hraunóttur m, hrjóstrugur m, klettóttur (is) m, klungróttur m
• Irish: carraigeach, achrannach, boireannach, carrach, creagach, sceireach
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• Italian: roccioso (it) m, petroso (it) m, sassoso (it) m, rupestre (it)
• Latin: saxōsus
• Norman: rotcheux
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: steinete

  Nynorsk: steinete

• Old Norse: grjót
• Polish: skalisty (pl)
• Portuguese: pedregoso (pt)
• Russian: камени́стый (ru) (kamenístyj), скали́стый (ru) (skalístyj)
• Spanish: rocoso (es)
• Welsh: creigiog (cy)

like a rock

• Finnish: kivikova (fi)
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figurative: not easily impressed

• Finnish: kova (fi), kivisydäminen
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The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Hungarian: sziklás, szirtes, meddő, köves; bizonytalan, imbolygó, ingatag
• Kannada: ^{(please verify)} ಕಲ್ಲಿನ (kn) (kallina)
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• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} sigledig (cy)

Anagrams

• corky