Meaning

9 senses
  1. Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.

    a rocky mountain a rocky shore

    felsig, steinig

    камени́стыйkamenístyj, скали́стыйskalístyj

    ске́льнийskélʹnyj, скеля́стийskeljástyj

    abounding in rocks or stones

  2. Like a rock; rigid, solid.

    liable to rock

  3. Having a habitat around or on rocks.

  4. (slang)Having little or no money; stony broke.

  5. Easily rocked; unstable.

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

  6. (figuratively)Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress.

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

  7. (figuratively)Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).

  8. In the style of rock music.

    His new album is quite rocky.

  9. (archaic, figuratively)Not easily affected or impressed; stony; hard; obdurate; unfeeling.

    to have a rocky heart

Examples

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  1. This could get a little rocky.

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  2. Tom's relationship with Mary was rocky.

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  3. This could get a bit rocky.

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  4. This is a pretty rocky area.

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  5. Tom is off to a rocky start.

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Translations

9 languages
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Русский
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Deutsch
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abounding in, or full of, rocks:

Origin

From Middle English rokki, rokky (“rocky”), from rok, rokke (“rock; a rock or stone; large

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:

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)”).

From rock (“rock and roll music”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).

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Forms

rockier/more rocky, rockiest/most rocky
Comparativerockier / more rocky Lesson
Superlativerockiest / most rocky Lesson

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Synonyms

41 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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