 shaky |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] inclined to shake as from weakness or defect | |
| Synonyms: | wobbly rickety wonky | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | unstable | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze | |
| Synonyms: | trembling quivering shaking shivering quaking | |
| Examples: | "a quaking bog" "the quaking child" "quivering leaves of a poplar tree" "with shaking knees" "seemed shaky on her feet" "trembling hands" |
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| Related terms: | unsteady | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] not secure; beset with difficulties | |
| Synonyms: | precarious | |
| Examples: | "a shaky marriage" |
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| Related terms: | insecure | |
| Similar spelling: |
she-oak shuck shook shock Shick sheik shako shake shack shikse shiksa Shakia shisha sheika shaggy |
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