rocky

adj

1. Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.

   “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.”

2. Like a rock; rigid, solid.

   “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.”

3. Having a habitat around or on rocks.
4. (archaic, figuratively)Not easily affected or impressed; stony; hard; obdurate; unfeeling.

   “to have a rocky heart”

5. (slang)Having little or no money; stony broke.

   “"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?"”

6. Easily rocked; unstable.

   “The table was rocky, so we put a book under one leg.”

7. (figuratively)Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress.

   “Their relationship had weathered some rocky times, but they loved each other.”

8. (figuratively)Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).
9. In the style of rock music.

   “His new album is quite rocky.”

name

1. (countable, uncountable)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. (countable, diminutive, form-of, uncountable)Diminutive of Rock (“surname”).
3. (countable, uncountable)nickame for a boxer, after Rocky Balboa, a fictional boxer in a series of films.
4. (countable, informal, uncountable)The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a motion picture.
5. (Australia, countable, diminutive, form-of, informal, uncountable)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.”

   ““I wonder when I′ll be asked to leave?” Kevin thought. “This is very different to how things went last time in Rocky (Rockhampton). It all seems very relaxed here. The staff seem to expect you to hang around. What for?””

6. (countable, uncountable)A placename