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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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]

Thesaurus Results for shaky:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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