Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Trembling or quivering; tremulous.
- adjective Lacking soundness or sturdiness, as of construction.
- adjective Not to be depended on; precarious.
- adjective Wavering in firmness.
- adjective Open to question or doubt.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Disposed to shake or tremble; shaking; unsteady: as, a shaky hand.
- Loosely put together; ready to come to pieces.
- Full of shakes or cracks; cracked, split, or cleft, as timber.
- Feeble; weak.
- Wavering; undecided; uncertain: as, there are a good many shaky voters in the district.
- Of questionable integrity, solvency, or ability.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Shaking or trembling.
- adjective Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.
- adjective colloq. Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Shaking ortrembling . - adjective
Nervous ;Anxious . - adjective of wood Full of shakes or
cracks ; cracked. - adjective Easily shaken;
tottering ;unsound .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not secure; beset with difficulties
- adjective vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
- adjective inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
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Examples
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Daisy, a mid-sized, mixed-breed dog adopted from Greenwich Animal Control's shelter, longed for strenuous exercise that the 59-year-old Swan was unable to provide because of what he described as a shaky leg that keeps him from walking more than a mile at a time.
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You could see it when they filmed these huge historic battles in shaky close-up with about five men shouting loudly and shaking plastic swords.
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Triumph des Willens, and beneath it in shaky subtitles, Triumph of the Will.
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Anderson returned after halftime and finished 11-of-20 for 152 yards, but threw an interception and was again shaky coming off a four-pick performance last week in a loss at Cincinnati that cost Cleveland a chance to clinch a wild-card spot.
USATODAY.com 2007
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Sellotaped to the top of it was a piece of lined notepaper, and written on it in shaky handwriting: Jim's last letter, received January 25 1915.
literature 2007
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She finally makes it home, still shaky from the near death experience.
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I was a bit shaky from the run and had trouble keeping the rifle steady, despite the rest afforded by the sticks.
Shadows in the Bush, Part II: Phil Caputo Hunts African Cape Buffalo in Tanzania 2005
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Williams was shaky from the start of San Diego's first home postseason game since 1998.
USATODAY.com - St. Louis finishes three-game sweep of San Diego 2005
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Williams was shaky from the start of San Diego's first home postseason game since 1998.
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Casey, a Ryder Cup rookie, was shaky from the outset, making three bogeys in the first five holes.
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