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rock·y

1   [rok-ee]
adjective, rock·i·er, rock·i·est.
1.
full of or abounding in rocks.
2.
consisting of rock.
3.
rocklike: wood with a rocky hardness.
4.
firm; steadfast: rocky endurance.
5.
unfeeling; without sympathy or emotion: my rocky heart.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; see rock1, -y1

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rock·y

2   [rok-ee]
adjective, rock·i·er, rock·i·est.
1.
inclined or likely to rock; tottering; shaky; unsteady.
2.
difficult or uncertain; full of hazards or obstacles: a business with a rocky future.
3.
physically unsteady or weak, as from sickness.
Origin:
1730–40; rock2 + -y1
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rocky1 (ˈrɒkɪ)
 
—adj , rockier, rockiest
1.  consisting of or abounding in rocks: a rocky shore
2.  hard or unyielding: rocky determination
3.  hard like rock: rocky muscles
 
'rockily1
 
—adv
 
'rockiness1
 
—n

rocky2 (ˈrɒkɪ)
 
—adj , rockier, rockiest
1.  weak, shaky, or unstable
2.  informal (of a person) dizzy; sickly; nauseated
 
'rockily2
 
—adv
 
'rockiness2
 
—n

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rocky
"full of rocks," c.1400, from rock (n.); "unsteady," 1737, from rock (v.1). Meaning "difficult, hard" is recorded from 1873, and may represent a little of both.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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