Rocky vs Jocky - What's the difference?
rocky | jocky |
Unstable; easily rocked.
In the style of rock and roll music.
(figuratively) Troubled; or difficult; in danger or distress.
Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks.
Like a rock.
(figuratively) Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom.
(informal) Jocklike.
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As adjectives the difference between rocky and jocky
is that rocky is unstable; easily rocked while jocky is jocklike.As a proper noun Rocky
is a male given name, pet form of Rocco.rocky
English
Etymology 1
From .Adjective
(en-adj)- The table was rocky , so we put a book under one leg.
- His new album is quite rocky .
- Their relationship had weathered some rocky times, but they loved each other.
Derived terms
* rocky chairEtymology 2
From .Adjective
(er)- a rocky mountain
- a rocky shore
- ''the rocky orb of a shield
Derived terms
* rocky roadAnagrams
*jocky
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Adjective
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