Rocky
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rocky¹
- /ˈɹɒki/ UK
- [ˈɹʷɒki] UK
- /ˈɹɑki/ US
- [ˈɹʷɑki] US
- /ˈɹɔki/ Australia
- [ˈɹʷɔki] Australia
Rhymes with -ɒki
Where it comes from
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’).
adjective rockier · more rocky · rockiest · most rocky
- Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks. a rocky mountain a rocky shore
- 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.
- Having a habitat around or on rocks.
- Not easily affected or impressed; stony; hard; obdurate; unfeeling. to have a rocky heart
- 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?"
rocky²
- /ˈɹɒki/ UK
- [ˈɹʷɒki] UK
- /ˈɹɑki/ US
- [ˈɹʷɑki] US
- /ˈɹɔki/ Australia
- [ˈɹʷɔki] Australia
Rhymes with -ɒki
Where it comes from
From rock (“to move back and forth”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’). Rock is derived from Middle English rokken (“to move (something, such as a cradle) back and forth; to move or sway back and forth in an unstable manner; to go”) […], from Old English roccian (“to rock”), from Proto-Germanic *rukkōną (“to move; to move back and forth, rock”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk- (“to dig; to till (soil)”).
adjective rockier · more rocky · rockiest · most rocky
- Easily rocked; unstable. The table was rocky, so we put a book under one leg.
- Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress. Their relationship had weathered some rocky times, but they loved each other.
- Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).
rocky³
- /ˈɹɒki/ UK
- [ˈɹʷɒki] UK
- /ˈɹɑki/ US
- [ˈɹʷɑki] US
- /ˈɹɔki/ Australia
- [ˈɹʷɔki] Australia
Rhymes with -ɒki
Where it comes from
From rock (“rock and roll music”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).
adjective rockier · more rocky · rockiest · most rocky
- In the style of rock music. His new album is quite rocky.
Rocky⁴
Where it comes from
Diminutives with -y.
proper noun Rockys
- A diminutive of the male given names Robert, Ricky, Rocco, Roch, and Rock. ‘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.’
- Diminutive of Rock (“surname”).Rock
- nickame for a boxer, after Rocky Balboa, a fictional boxer in a series of films.
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a motion picture.
- Diminutive of Rockhampton; the regional city of Rockhampton; a city in Queensland, Australia.Rockhampton Rocky is the major city on the central Queensland coast and likes to call itself the beef capital of Australia.
- A town in Oklahoma, United States.
