dictionary definitions for "rocky"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rocky \Rock"y\, a.
     1. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as,
        a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.
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     2. Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield. --Milton.
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     3. Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling;
        obdurate; as, a rocky bosom. --Shak.
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     Rocky Mountain locust (Zool.), the Western locust, or
        grasshopper. See Grasshopper.
  
     Rocky Mountain sheep. (Zool.) See Bighorn.
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