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shaky
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky" [syn: rickety , wobbly , wonky ] vibrating slightly and ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 shake or tremble. 2 nervous; anxious.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a rocky/shaky start (= a rather bad start ) ▪ After a shaky start, they managed two wins in five matches. shaky (= morale that could easily become low ) ▪ The team's morale is shaky after their series of losses. ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shaky \Shak"y\, a. [Compar. Shakier ; superl. Shakiest .] Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand. --Thackeray. Full of shakes or cracks; cracked; as, shaky timber. --Gwilt. Easily shaken; tottering; unsound; as, a shaky constitution; ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1840, of handwriting; 1841 of persons, horses, and credit; 1850 of structures; from shake (v.) + -y (2). General sense of "uncertain, of questionable integrity" is from 1834. Earliest of trees or logs, "split, having fissures" (1808). Related: Shakily ; ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Shaky is an album released by Shakin' Stevens in 1981. Released at the peak of his popularity, Shaky was the first and, to date, only UK number 1 album for Shakin' Stevens. The album features three top ten singles, most notably Green Door , which enjoyed ...
Usage examples of shaky.
Rurik cocked his head to the side, and his mischievous eyes skimmed over her body with a boldness that made Maire squirm uncomfortably on her already shaky perch.
Jennifer asked, stepping into a shaky elevator car, watching as Lo Manto pressed the button for the sixth floor.
McCoy, accompanied by a shaky Maslin, joined the rest of the landing party.
Worse yet, other caves with shaky foundations were blown shut to prevent human injury or death--destroying petroglyphs, as well as bats.
Finally he took a shaky breath, swiped his sleeve over his eyes, and began sorting faded stereographs from a time before humanity split atoms, walked on the moon, and died in the bloody, anonymous mire of special operations.
Willard Whiskin spoke with shaky emotion as his family helped him toward the stairs.
She stepped toward Betta on shaky legs, a gurgle still flowing from her bloody throat.
She scampered off between the rows of cabins, long, slender legs flying in a shaky gait that looked as though she was perpetually about to lose her balance.
While the Hoka at the switchboard in far-off Mixumaxu routed his beam, he licked dry lips and ran a shaky finger under his collar.
It had been over the possession of a landing net and they had begun to grapple inside the shaky building, in the dry, smelly dimness, and then tumbled out on to the porch, demolishing one of the door jambs as they did so.
Her knees were weak, but Laris could not blame her shaky legs and vague vertigo on the elevator.
When the Heer Marais rose, I, being an observant youth, noted that Monsieur Leblanc took the opportunity to stretch out a rather shaky hand and fill up his coffee cup out of a black bottle, which from the smell I judged to contain peach brandy.
We can never be sure in advance which rain forest plant or animal will turn out to be the one that cures a terrible disease, and our scientific foundations for choosing which languages to protect are far shakier than those provided for snail-darters and louseworts by the biological sciences.
Very soon Chara Nandi, followed by good wishes and hopes for a speedy return, left the helicopter, stepping wearily on her shaky legs.
A rough and shaky bridge, made of the outsides of pines laid upon some unsecured logs, crossed the river.