rocky
/ˈɹɑki/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
adj
Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).
Example Sentences
- "a rocky mountain a rocky shore"
- "The pihoihoi live in the island's interior, and the torea on its rocky shore."
- "When faced with a rockier or muddier section, look ahead for the easiest way across. This might involve hopping from one rock to another, or looking for flat sections or patches of vegetation that might be grippier."
- "Marsh went on as his prisoner drank. "Because you're caught in the middle of my alternate plan, Ram-Jam, which ram-jams your ass between the rockiest rock and the hardest hard place you ever imagined."
- "to have a rocky heart"
- ""Come, George, fork out. I'm sorry if you're rocky too but it's an absolute that it's no good going back without it." "'Rocky,' my God!" said George, echoing her shallow laugh. "Well—but how much do you need to square it?""
Etymology
From Middle English rokki, rokky (“rocky”), from rok, rokke (“rock; a rock or stone; large rock by a coast or in the sea; rocky outcrop on a mountain, cliff; castle, citadel, stronghold”) [and other forms] + -i (suffix forming adjectives). Rok, rokke are derived from: * Old English *rocc (“rock”); and * Anglo-Norman roc, roce, roque, and Old French roce, roke, roque, variants of roche (“rock”); both from Medieval Latin roca, rocca; further etymology uncertain, possibly of Celtic origin. The English word is analysable as rock + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹɑki/
- British English: /ˈɹɒki/
Usage
Inflected Forms
rockier (comparative)
more rocky (comparative)
rockiest (superlative)
most rocky (superlative)
Rockys (plural)