'Shaky' definitions:
Definition of 'shaky'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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, shaky, wobbly, wonky]
adjective
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" [syn: shaky, shivering, trembling]
adjective
Not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage" [syn: precarious, shaky]
Definition of 'Shaky'
From: GCIDE
- Shaky \Shak"y\, a. [Compar. Shakier; superl. Shakiest.]
- 1. Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Full of shakes or cracks; cracked; as, shaky timber. --Gwilt. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Easily shaken; tottering; unsound; as, a shaky constitution; shaky business credit. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shaky'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adrift,
- afloat,
- agitated,
- aguey,
- aguish,
- algid,
- all shook up,
- all-overish,
- anile,
- aquiver,
- aspen,
- bagging,
- baggy,
- bashful,
- blue with cold,
- blurred,
- breathy,
- chattering,
- chilly,
- choked,
- choking,
- clear,
- cold,
- cool,
- cowardly,
- crabbed,
- croaking,
- dangerous,
- dangling,
- debilitated,
- decrepit,
- desultory,
- dickey,
- diffident,
- dilapidated,
- dithery,
- doddered,
- doddering,
- doddery,
- doubtful,
- drawling,
- drawly,
- drooping,
- dubious,
- dysphonic,
- easy,
- fearful,
- fearing,
- fearsome,
- feeble,
- fidgeting,
- fidgety,
- flapping,
- flimsy,
- floating,
- fluctuant,
- fluttery,
- fossilized,
- free,
- frozen,
- frozen to death,
- gerontal,
- gerontic,
- goosy,
- groggy,
- guttural,
- half-frozen,
- hanging,
- harsh,
- hawking,
- hazardous,
- hoarse,
- iffy,
- in a quiver,
- in fear,
- inarticulate,
- indecisive,
- indistinct,
- infirm,
- insecure,
- insubstantial,
- jittery,
- jumpy,
- lax,
- lisping,
- loose,
- mispronounced,
- mossbacked,
- moth-eaten,
- mousy,
- mummylike,
- muzzy,
- nasal,
- nervous,
- palsied,
- papery-skinned,
- perilous,
- precarious,
- problematic,
- provisional,
- quaking,
- quavering,
- quavery,
- questionable,
- quivering,
- quivery,
- rabbity,
- rachitic,
- rackety,
- ramshackle,
- rattletrap,
- ravaged with age,
- relaxed,
- ricketish,
- rickety,
- risky,
- rocky,
- rootless,
- run to seed,
- rusty,
- scary,
- senile,
- shaking,
- shifting,
- shifty,
- shivering,
- shivery,
- shook up,
- shrinking,
- shriveled,
- shuddering,
- shy,
- skittery,
- skittish,
- slack,
- slippery,
- sloppy,
- snuffling,
- spidery,
- spindly,
- startlish,
- stifled,
- strangled,
- streaming,
- stricken in years,
- succussatory,
- succussive,
- suspect,
- teetering,
- teetery,
- temporary,
- tentative,
- tenuous,
- thick,
- throaty,
- ticklish,
- timeworn,
- timid,
- timorous,
- tottering,
- tottery,
- treacherous,
- trembling,
- trembly,
- tremulant,
- tremulous,
- trepidant,
- trigger-happy,
- tumbledown,
- twangy,
- twitchy,
- twittery,
- unanchored,
- unbound,
- uncertain,
- unclear,
- undependable,
- undone,
- unfaithworthy,
- unfastened,
- unfixed,
- unhealthy,
- unpredictable,
- unreliable,
- unsafe,
- unsettled,
- unsolid,
- unsound,
- unstable,
- unsteadfast,
- unsteady,
- unstuck,
- unsubstantial,
- unsubstantiated,
- unsupported,
- unsure,
- untied,
- untrustworthy,
- vacillating,
- velar,
- vibrating,
- wavering,
- weak,
- with chattering teeth,
- withered,
- wizened,
- wobbling,
- wobbly