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rocky

adjective

  1. formed from (a large number of) rocks
L1566865 on Wikidata ↗

adjective

  1. difficult, full of problems
L25332 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒki/ / [ˈɹʷɒki] / /ˈɹɑki/

adj

Etymology: From rock (“rock and roll music”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).

  1. In the style of rock music.

    His new album is quite rocky.

name

Etymology: Diminutives with -y.

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Robert, Ricky, Rocco, Roch, or Rock.

    ‘I didn′t know your son′s name was Rocky,’ I quietly said as we started walking again. ‘It's really Richard. When he was a kid we called him Ricky, which somehow turned into Rocky. Some people call him Rocco. He gets called a lot of things.’

    Philadelphia Museum of Art:[…]This venue is also famous for its notable appearance in the 1976 movie 'Rocky', where Robert "Rocky" Balboabounds up the museum's steps as he prepares for his upcoming title match with Apollo Creed.

  2. Diminutive of Rock (“surname”).
  3. nickame for a boxer, after Rocky Balboa, a fictional boxer in a series of films.
  4. The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a motion picture.
  5. A placename

    Rocky is the major city on the central Queensland coast and likes to call itself the beef capital of Australia.

    Rocky has a smattering of attractions but is best seen as the gateway to the coastal gems of Yeppoon and Great Keppel Island.

  6. A placename