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shaky

/ʃˈeɪki/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

  1. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
    “a rickety table”
  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”
  3. not secure; beset with difficulties
    “a shaky marriage”

Synonyms for shaky

Words that rhyme with shaky

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