Rocky and Bull ‧ win ‧ kle /ˌrɒki ənd ˈbʊlwɪŋk ə l $ ˌrɑː-/ BrE AmE
the main characters of a children's ↑ cartoon shown on US television, especially popular during the 1960s. Rocky is a clever ↑ squirrel who can fly and Bullwinkle is a large ↑ moose who is always doing stupid things. Many young adults also enjoyed the programme because it included clever jokes about society and politics, and a lot of ↑ pun s (=jokes using words that sound similar but have different meanings) .