i Register
In some senses, rocky is marked as archaic, figuratively, informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
rocky
UK /ˈɹɒki/ US /ˈɹɑki/
adj 8name 4
Collocations
5ADJ.
common, deep, dusty, firm, large, narrow, next, turned
We hiked through a narrow rocky path that wound up the mountainside.
VERB + ROCKY
called, fight, gas, ground, name, outline, ranges, scrape
The hikers had to navigate the rocky ground carefully to avoid twisting their ankles.
ROCKY + NOUN
asteroids, debris, island, linda, luciano, month, mountain, mountains
The spacecraft detected rocky debris floating through the asteroid field near Earth's orbit.
PREP.
in, in, into, off, on, with
The ship crashed into rocky waters during the storm last night.
ADV.
quietly, quite, somehow
Their relationship had been quite rocky over the past few months.
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