rocky Definition

rock²
verb rocked, rocking

tr & intr
1. To sway or make something sway gently backwards and forwards or from side to side.

Example: rock the baby to sleep
tr & intr
2. To move or make something move or shake violently.

Thesaurus: sway, swing, pitch, reel, lurch, shake, tilt, toss.
3. colloq
To disturb, upset or shock.
Example: The news rocked the sporting world
Thesaurus: stun, astonish, astound, surprise, jar, dumbfound, shock, shake up.
intr
4. To dance to or play rock music.

noun

1. A rocking movement.
2. A form of popular music with a very strong beat, usually played on electronic instruments and derived from rock and roll.

Form: rock music (also)
3. Rock and roll.

Derivative: rocker

See separate entries.

Idiom: rock the boat

To destabilize or disturb something especially unnecessarily or out of spite.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon roccian.

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rocky¹
adj rockier, rockiest

1a. Full of rocks;
1b. Made of rock;

Thesaurus: jagged, craggy, bumpy, rough, rugged.
1c. Like rock.
2. colloq
Full of problems and obstacles.
Thesaurus: difficult, formidable, rigorous, laborious, uphill; Antonym: effortless.

Derivative: rockiness
noun

Etymology: 15c.

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rocky²
adj rockier, rockiest

1. Said of an object: with a tendency to rock; shaky; unstable.
2. Said of a person: dizzy; unsteady on their feet.

Thesaurus: weak, wobbly, shaky, staggering, faint, dizzy, sickly; Antonym: steady, strong.

Derivative: rockily
adverb

Derivative: rockiness
noun

Etymology: 18c.