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Definitions for Rocky

[1] full of or abounding in rocks.
[2] consisting of rock.
[3] rocklike: wood with a rocky hardness.
[4] firm; steadfast: rocky endurance.
[5] unfeeling; without sympathy or emotion: my rocky heart.
[6] inclined or likely to rock; tottering; shaky; unsteady.
[7] difficult or uncertain; full of hazards or obstacles: a business with a rocky future.
[8] physically unsteady or weak, as from sickness.
[9] a male given name.
[10] consisting of or abounding in rocks a rocky shore
[11] hard or unyielding rocky determination
[12] hard like rock rocky muscles
[13] weak, shaky, or unstable
[14] informal (of a person) dizzy; sickly; nauseated
[15] geology any aggregate of minerals that makes up part of the earth's crust. It may be unconsolidated, such as a sand, clay, or mud, or consolidated, such as granite, limestone, or coal See also igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic
[16] any hard mass of consolidated mineral matter, such as a boulder
[17] mainly US , Canadian and Australian a stone
[18] a person or thing suggesting a rock, esp in being dependable, unchanging, or providing firm foundation
[19] British a hard sweet, typically a long brightly-coloured peppermint-flavoured stick, sold esp in holiday resorts
[20] slang a jewel, esp a diamond
[21] short for rock salmon
[22] (plural) slang the testicles
[23] slang another name for crack (def. 29)
[24] between a rock and a hard place having to choose between two equally unpleasant alternatives
[25] on the rocks in a state of ruin or destitution (of drinks, esp whisky) served with ice
[26] to move or cause to move from side to side or backwards and forwards
[27] to reel or sway or cause (someone) to reel or sway, as with a violent shock or emotion
[28] (tr) to shake or move (something) violently
[29] (intr) to dance in the rock-and-roll style
[30] mining to wash (ore) or (of ore) to be washed in a cradle
[31] (tr) to roughen (a copper plate) with a rocker before engraving a mezzotint
[32] (tr) slang , mainly US to impress by wearing (an item of clothing) or playing (a musical instrument) She can still rock a miniskirt ; He rocks a guitar like nobody’s business
[33] rock the boat informal to create a disturbance in the existing situation
[34] a rocking motion
[35] short for rock and roll
[36] Also called: rock music any of various styles of pop music having a heavy beat, derived from rock and roll
[37] an informal name for Gibraltar
[38] a Canadian informal name for Newfoundland

Words related to Rocky

jagged, craggy, rough, tough, rugged, tricky, shaky, unstable, unsteady, flinty, hard, inflexible, petrified, solid, lapidarian, lithic, pebbly, petrous, rock-ribbed, adamant

Words nearby Rocky

rockweed, rockwell, rockwell number, rockwell, norman, rockwork, rocky, rocky hill, rocky mount, rocky mountain beeplant, rocky mountain bighorn, rocky mountain flowering raspberry

Origin of Rocky

2First recorded in 1730–40; rock2 + -y1

Word origin for Rocky

Old English roccian ; related to Middle Dutch, Old High German rocken , German rücken

Synonyms for Rocky

craggy, jagged, rough, bouldered, flinty, hard, inflexible, lapidarian, lithic, pebbly, petrified, petrous, rock-ribbed, rockbound, solid, stonelike