Meaning & use
rocky
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Covered with, consisting of, or resembling rocks; or, figuratively, unstable and full of difficulties.
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The trail turned steep and rocky near the summit.
The couple went through a rocky patch early in their marriage.
A note on using this word
The figurative sense of full of difficulties is now just as common as the literal geological one, especially in phrases like rocky relationship or rocky start.
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