shaky : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shaky	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for shaky
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shaky 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" Synonym(s): rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands" Synonym(s): shaky, shivering, trembling not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage" Synonym(s): precarious, shaky
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shaky \Shak"y\, a. [Compar. {Shakier}; superl. {Shakiest}.] 1. Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand. --Thackeray. 2. Full of shakes or cracks; cracked; as, shaky timber. --Gwilt. 3. Easily shaken; tottering; unsound; as, a shaky constitution; shaky business credit. [Colloq.]