shaky (ˈʃeɪkɪ
)
Definitions
adjective
Word forms: shakier, shakiest
- tending to shake or tremble
- liable to prove defective; unreliable
- uncertain or questionable ⇒
your arguments are very shaky
Alternative Forms
ˈshakily adverb ˈshakiness nounTranslations
- British English:
shaky
If your body or your voice is shaky, you cannot control it properly and it trembles, for example because you are ill or nervous.Even minor operations can leave you feeling a bit shaky.ˈʃeɪkɪ ADJECTIVE Even minor operations can leave you feeling a bit shaky.
- Spanish:
tembloroso
adj temblorosa
- French:
tremblant
adj
- German:
wackelig
adj
- Chinese: 虚弱的 adj
- Arabic: مُتَقَلْقِل adj
- Portuguese: trémulo adj trémula
- Russian: трясущийся adj трясущаяся
- Croatian: drhtav adj drhtava
- Czech: chatrný adj
- Danish: usikker adj
- Dutch: beverig adj
- Finnish: hutera adj
- Greek: τρεμουλιαστός adj τρεμουλιαστή
- Italian: vacillante adj
- Japanese: よろよろする no_posp
- Korean: 떨리는 adj
- Norwegian: oppskaket adj
- Polish: drżący adj drżąca
- Brazilian Portuguese: trêmulo adj trêmula
- European Spanish:
tembloroso
adj temblorosa
- Swedish: skakig adj skakigt
- Thai: สั่นคลอน adj
- Turkish: bitkin adj
- Vietnamese: run rẩy adj
Usage examples
Marnier eased himself down the steps, shaky , shock creeping in or maybe just some more acting.
, A DARKENING STAIN (2002)Without it, our visual experience would be like a shaky video camera, says Witmer.
New Scientist (2003)For all its gaps, Let Me Be Your Band may be a shaky sign to a higher road cwilson@globeandmail.
Globe and Mail (2003)Stock market levels have come back from their post-September 11 lows and split-capital trusts look a bit less shaky.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Without the participation of Tesco and Asda -- the two biggest UK supermarket chains -- Race to the Top was already looking shaky.
, SHOPPED: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets (2004)