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rocky

English

Pronunciation

  • (General Australian) IPA(key): [????ki?]
  • (UK) enPR: r?k'i, IPA(key): /???ki/, [????ki?]
  • (US) IPA(key): [????ki]
  • Rhymes: -?ki

Etymology 1

From rock (to move back and forth) +? -y.

Adjective

rocky (comparative rockier or more rocky, superlative rockiest or most rocky)

  1. Unstable; easily rocked.
  2. In the style of rock music.
    His new album is quite rocky.
  3. (figuratively) Troubled; or difficult; in danger or distress.
    Their relationship had weathered some rocky times, but they loved each other.
Derived terms
  • rockily
  • rockiness
  • rocky chair
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English rokky, equivalent to rock (stone) +? -y.

Adjective

rocky (comparative rockier or more rocky, superlative rockiest or most rocky)

  1. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks.
    a rocky mountain
    a rocky shore
  2. Like a rock.
    the rocky orb of a shield
  3. (figuratively) Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate
Derived terms
Translations

Anagrams

  • corky

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docky

English

Etymology

dock +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -?ki

Noun

docky (plural dockies)

  1. (Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, slang) A snack.

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