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1. (adj.) rickety
likely to fall or collapse; shaky:
a rickety chair.
2. rickety
feeble in the joints; tottering:
a rickety old man.
3. rickety
old, dilapidated, or in disrepair.
4. rickety
irregular, as motion or action.
5. rickety
affected with rickets.
6. rickety
pertaining to or of the nature of rickets.
Etymology: (1675–85; ricket (s ) + -y1)
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| Definition of 'rickety' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky
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"
2. (adj) rickety, rachitic
affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets
"rickety limbs and joints"; "a rachitic patient"
3. (adj) decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly
lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
"a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
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1. (adjective) rickety
(of a structure) not strong and easily broken
a rickety old bridge; The chair looked too rickety to sit in.
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| Definition of 'rickety' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) rickety
affected with rickets
2. (adj) rickety
feeble in the joints; imperfect; weak; shaky
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Sense: not well built; unsteady; likely to fall over or collapse
a rickety table.
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 Afrikaans: wankelrig, lendelam |
 Arabic: مُتَقَلْقِل، عُرْضَةٌ للس |
 Bulgarian: разнебитен |
 Brazilian: inseguro |
 Czech: vratký |
 German: wacklig |
 Danish: vakkelvorn |
 Greek: ξεχαρβαλωμένος, ασταθής |
 Spanish: tambaleante, inseguro |
 Estonian: kipakas, logisev |
 Farsi: زهوار درفته |
 Finnish: hutera |
 French: délabré, branlant |
 Hebrew: רָעוּעַ |
 Hindi: डावांडोल |
 Croatian: ruševan |
 Hungarian: rozoga |
 Indonesian: reyot |
 Icelandic: valtur,óstöðugur |
 Italian: sgangherato, traballante |
 Japanese: がたがたする |
 Korean: 부서질 것 같은 |
 Lithuanian: iškleręs |
 Latvian: ļodzīgs |
 Malay: tidak stabil |
 Dutch: wankel |
 Norwegian: lealaus, skranglete |
 Polish: chybotliwy |
 Persian: زهوار درفته |
 Pashto: دنرموهډوكوپه ناروغتيا اخت |
 Portuguese: inseguro |
 Romanian: şubred; precar |
 Russian: шаткий |
 Slovak: vratký, roztrasený |
 Slovenian: majav |
 Serbian: klimav |
 Swedish: skranglig, vinglig |
 Thai: ง่อนแง่น |
 Turkish: köhne, çürük |
 Taiwanese: 搖搖欲墜的 |
 Ukrainian: хиткий, нестійкий |
 Urdu: کمزور جوڑوں کا |
 Vietnamese: ọp ẹp |
 Chinese: 动摇摆的 |
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