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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect;
- Example: "a rickety table"
- Example: "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"
- Example: "the ladder felt a little wobbly"
- Example: "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"
[syn: rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky]

2. vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze;
- Example: "a quaking bog"
- Example: "the quaking child asked for more"
- Example: "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"
- Example: "with shaking knees"
- Example: "seemed shaky on her feet"
- Example: "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"
- Example: "trembling hands"
[syn: shaky, shivering, trembling]

3. not secure; beset with difficulties;
- Example: "a shaky marriage"
[syn: precarious, shaky]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shaky
    adj 1: 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]
    2: 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]
    3: not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage" [syn:
       precarious, shaky]