1. rocky(s = adj.all) bouldered, bouldery, stony - abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches"
Derived forms noun rock1, noun rockiness1
2. rocky(a = adj.all) bumpy, jolting, jolty, jumpy, rough - causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a rough ride"
Derived form noun rock7
3. rocky(s = adj.all) - liable to rock; "on high rocky heels"
4. rocky(s = adj.all) rough - full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"
1. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore. [1913 Webster]
2. Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield. Milton. [1913 Webster]
3. Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom. Shak. [1913 Webster]
rocky, adj. & n.
--adj. (rockier, rockiest)
1 of or like rock.
2 full of or abounding in rock or rocks (a rocky shore).
--n. (the Rockies) the Rocky Mountains in western N. America.
Derivative:
rockiness n.
rocky, adj. (rockier, rockiest) colloq. unsteady, tottering.
Derivative:
rockily adv. rockiness n.
Etymology:
ROCK(2)
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