"shaky" meaning in English

See shaky in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈʃeɪki/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shaky.wav Forms: shakier [comparative], shakiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪki Etymology: From shake + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shake|y}} shake + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} shaky (comparative shakier, superlative shakiest)
  1. Shaking or trembling. Translations (shaking): tremolós (Catalan), 颤抖的 (chàndǒu de) (Chinese Mandarin), 发抖的 (fādǒu de) (Chinese Mandarin), bibberig (Dutch), trillerig (Dutch), craagh (Manx), schlakrich (Plautdietsch), flautrich (Plautdietsch), дрожащий (drožaščij) [masculine] (Russian), shooglie (Scots), tembloroso (Spanish), skakig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-shaky-en-adj-cM-ihcxp Disambiguation of 'shaking': 64 0 14 12 11
  2. Nervous, anxious. Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-shaky-en-adj-vXJuRGzG Disambiguation of Emotions: 1 47 49 1 2
  3. (of wood) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked. Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over): precarious, rickety, unsteady, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly Translations (full of cracks): растрескавшийся (rastreskavšijsja) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-shaky-en-adj-sK0B6zHi Disambiguation of Emotions: 1 47 49 1 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cebuano translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scots translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 10 75 6 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 10 12 50 13 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 4 61 9 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 3 80 5 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 82 4 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 15 51 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 9 14 54 9 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Cebuano translations: 10 11 54 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 8 51 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 8 52 11 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 13 53 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 9 9 60 8 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 10 59 8 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 8 10 59 8 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 9 9 56 13 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 9 15 52 9 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 9 15 52 9 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 10 10 53 11 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 5 7 76 5 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 10 59 8 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Scots translations: 8 14 57 8 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 8 63 8 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 15 53 9 14 Disambiguation of 'not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over': 13 5 43 17 23 Disambiguation of 'full of cracks': 2 3 89 2 4
  4. Easily shaken; tottering; unsound. Translations (unsound): разклатен (razklaten) (Bulgarian), неустойчив (neustojčiv) (Bulgarian), onzeker (Dutch), zwak (Dutch), gammel (Dutch), instable (French), malfermo [masculine] (Italian), instābilis (Latin), tūretireti (Maori), instable (Occitan), malsan (Occitan), malgalhard (Occitan), шаткий (šatkij) [masculine] (Russian), зыбкий (zybkij) [masculine] (Russian), shooglie (Scots), skakig (Swedish) Translations (unstady, wobbly): треперещ (treperešt) (Bulgarian), тресящ се (tresjašt se) (Bulgarian), huyang (Cebuano), rozoga (Hungarian), hatara (Ingrian)
    Sense id: en-shaky-en-adj-~~oOrS7O Disambiguation of 'unsound': 0 1 1 95 2 Disambiguation of 'unstady, wobbly': 2 15 3 74 6
  5. Wavering; undecided.
    Sense id: en-shaky-en-adj-YNTNaHpT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: on shaky ground, shakiness, shakycam

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(of wood) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked."
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          "roman": "razklaten",
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          "word": "разклатен"
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          "roman": "neustojčiv",
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      "expansion": "shaky (comparative shakier, superlative shakiest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a shaky spot in a marsh"
        },
        {
          "text": "a shaky hand"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Shaking or trembling."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Shaking",
          "shake"
        ],
        [
          "trembling",
          "tremble"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He’s a nice guy but when he talks to me, he acts shaky.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Paul A. Grayson, Philip W. Meilman, College Mental Health Practice, page 11:",
          "text": "For the college clinician, restless nights after letting a shaky student walk out of the office are an occupational hazard. Are the student's safety assurances credible? Will he or she make it safely through the weekend?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "Villa had plenty of opportunities to make the game safe after a shaky start and despite not reaching any great heights, they were resolute enough to take control of the game in the second half.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Nervous, anxious."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Nervous",
          "nervous"
        ],
        [
          "anxious",
          "anxious"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "shaky timber"
        },
        {
          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:shaky."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Full of shakes or cracks; cracked."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crack",
          "crack"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of wood) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of wood"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a shaky constitution"
        },
        {
          "text": "shaky business credit"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Easily shaken; tottering; unsound."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "totter",
          "totter"
        ],
        [
          "unsound",
          "unsound"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Wavering; undecided."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Wavering",
          "waver"
        ],
        [
          "undecided",
          "undecided"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃeɪki/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪki"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over",
      "word": "precarious"
    },
    {
      "sense": "not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over",
      "word": "rickety"
    },
    {
      "sense": "not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over",
      "word": "unsteady"
    },
    {
      "sense": "not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over",
      "word": "tottering"
    },
    {
      "sense": "not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over",
      "word": "unsafe"
    },
    {
      "sense": "not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over",
      "word": "unstable"
    },
    {
      "sense": "not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over",
      "word": "wobbly"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "treperešt",
      "sense": "unstady, wobbly",
      "word": "треперещ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tresjašt se",
      "sense": "unstady, wobbly",
      "word": "тресящ се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "unstady, wobbly",
      "word": "huyang"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unstady, wobbly",
      "word": "rozoga"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "unstady, wobbly",
      "word": "hatara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "shaking",
      "word": "tremolós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chàndǒu de",
      "sense": "shaking",
      "word": "颤抖的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fādǒu de",
      "sense": "shaking",
      "word": "发抖的"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "shaking",
      "word": "bibberig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "shaking",
      "word": "trillerig"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "shaking",
      "word": "craagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "shaking",
      "word": "schlakrich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "shaking",
      "word": "flautrich"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "drožaščij",
      "sense": "shaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дрожащий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "shaking",
      "word": "shooglie"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "shaking",
      "word": "tembloroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "shaking",
      "word": "skakig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rastreskavšijsja",
      "sense": "full of cracks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "растрескавшийся"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razklaten",
      "sense": "unsound",
      "word": "разклатен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neustojčiv",
      "sense": "unsound",
      "word": "неустойчив"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unsound",
      "word": "onzeker"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unsound",
      "word": "zwak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unsound",
      "word": "gammel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unsound",
      "word": "instable"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unsound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malfermo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "unsound",
      "word": "instābilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "unsound",
      "word": "tūretireti"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "unsound",
      "word": "instable"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "unsound",
      "word": "malsan"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "unsound",
      "word": "malgalhard"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šatkij",
      "sense": "unsound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шаткий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zybkij",
      "sense": "unsound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зыбкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "unsound",
      "word": "shooglie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unsound",
      "word": "skakig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shaky"
}

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