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Meaning of ROCKY

Pronunciation:  'râkee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"
  2. [adj]  abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches"
  3. [adj]  liable to rock; "on high rocky heels"
 
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 Synonyms: bouldered, bouldery, difficult, hard, rough, stony, unsmooth, unstable
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Rock"y\, a.
1. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as,
   a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.
2. Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield. --Milton.
3. Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling;
   obdurate; as, a rocky bosom. --Shak.
{Rocky Mountain locust} (Zo["o]l.), the Western locust, or
   grasshopper. See {Grasshopper}.
{Rocky Mountain sheep}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Bighorn}.
 
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