Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of rocks; abounding in rocks: as, a rocky mountain.
- Consisting of rock or rocks.
- Resembling a rock; hence, hard; stony; obdurate; insusceptible of impression; hard as a rock: as, a rocky bosom.
- Disposed to rock or reel; hence, giddy; tipsy; dizzy.
- In a shaky, precarious condition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks.
- adjective Like a rock.
- adjective Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate.
- adjective (Zoöl.) the Western locust, or grasshopper. See
Grasshopper . - adjective (Zoöl.) See
Bighorn .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Unstable; easily
rocked . - adjective In the style of
rock and roll music. - adjective figuratively
Troubled ; ordifficult ; indanger ordistress . - adjective Full of, or abounding in,
rocks ; consisting of rocks. - adjective Like a rock.
- adjective figuratively Not easily impressed or affected;
hard ;unfeeling ;obdurate ; as, a rocky bosom.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective liable to rock
- adjective abounding in rocks or stones
- adjective full of hardship or trials
- adjective causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
Etymologies
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A new interview with the first couple reveals details on everything from their date night to what they call a rocky period in their marriage.
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Pokeberries proliferate even during drought and in rocky, infertile soil.
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They can grow faster than this and if you live in rocky terrain they will wear them down pretty quickly.
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In a sign that relations with South Korea are likely to remain rocky, the North and South ended their first working-level military talks in two years Thursday with no progress as negotiators stumbled over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang, Seoul's Defense Ministry said.
Kim Jong Un PHOTOS: North Korea Prints Pics Of Heir Apparent The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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They can grow faster than this and if you live in rocky terrain they will wear them down pretty quickly.
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In a sign that relations with South Korea are likely to remain rocky, the North and South ended their first working-level military talks in two years Thursday with no progress as negotiators stumbled over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang, Seoul's Defense Ministry said.
Kim Jong Un PHOTOS: North Korea Prints Pics Of Heir Apparent Curtis M. Wong 2010
skipvia commented on the word rocky
Rocky Raccoon by the Beatles
February 9, 2008
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word rocky
The rooster from Chicken Run.
December 22, 2009