Other definitions for rocky (2 of 2)
inclined or likely to rock; tottering; shaky; unsteady.
difficult or uncertain; full of hazards or obstacles: a business with a rocky future.
physically unsteady or weak, as from sickness.
Origin of rocky
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How to use rocky in a sentence
Castro, on the other hand, has a much rockier road ahead of him.
Can Julian Castro, Democrats’ Keynote Speaker, Out-Obama Obama? | Andrew Romano | September 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBefore them lay a grassy boggy slope curling gently upwards between higher rockier slopes.
The Adventures of Akbar | Flora Annie SteelPresently, as the slope grew rockier and her discomfort increased, she forgot everything except that she was suffering.
The Light of Western Stars | Zane GreyThe banks grew higher and rockier, and the water, deep and silvery under the moon, flowed in a somewhat swifter current.
The Scouts of the Valley | Joseph A. AltshelerOn the warmer and rockier shores of California and northward, however, these lovely creatures occur in great variety.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History | Theodore Wood
A few deer and antelopes, bounding across the rockier places, were an aggravation to starving men who could not follow them.
Overland | John William De Forest
British Dictionary definitions for rocky (1 of 2)
/ (ˈrɒkɪ) /
consisting of or abounding in rocks: a rocky shore
hard or unyielding: rocky determination
hard like rock: rocky muscles
Derived forms of rocky
- rockily, adverb
- rockiness, noun
British Dictionary definitions for rocky (2 of 2)
/ (ˈrɒkɪ) /
weak, shaky, or unstable
informal (of a person) dizzy; sickly; nauseated
Derived forms of rocky
- rockily, adverb
- rockiness, noun
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