What does shaky mean?

Definitions for shaky
ˈʃeɪ kishaky

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonkyadjective

    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. shaky, shivering, tremblingadjective

    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"

  3. precarious, shakyadjective

    not secure; beset with difficulties

    "a shaky marriage"

Wiktionary

  1. shakyadjective

    Shaking or trembling.

  2. shakyadjective

    Nervous; Anxious.

    He's a nice guy but when he talks to me, he acts shaky.

  3. shakyadjective

    Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.

    shaky timber

  4. shakyadjective

    Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.

Wikipedia

  1. shaky

    Michael Barratt (born 4 March 1948), known professionally as Shakin' Stevens, is a Welsh singer and songwriter. He was the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s.His recording and performing career began in the late 1960s, although it was not until 1980 that his commercial success began. His most successful songs were nostalgia hits, evoking the sound of 1950s rock and roll and pop. In the UK alone, Stevens has charted 33 Top 40 hit singles including four chart-topping hits "This Ole House", "Green Door", "Oh Julie", and "Merry Christmas Everyone". Aside from "Merry Christmas Everyone" remaining popular during the Christmas season, his last Top 40 single was "Trouble" in 2005.

ChatGPT

  1. shaky

    Shaky is an adjective that refers to something or someone that is not firm, steady, or stable and tends to tremble or vibrate. It can also refer to a situation or condition that is unstable or unreliable, causing uncertainty, insecurity or lack of confidence.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Shaky

    shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand

  2. Shaky

    full of shakes or cracks; cracked; as, shaky timber

  3. Shaky

    easily shaken; tottering; unsound; as, a shaky constitution; shaky business credit

Wikidata

  1. Shaky

    Shaky is an album released by Shakin' Stevens in 1981. Released at the peak of his popularity, Shaky was the first and, to date, only UK number 1 album for Shakin' Stevens. The album features three top ten singles, most notably Green Door, which enjoyed a month at number one during the summer of 1981. Despite Shaky's reputation as a rock and roll cover artist, the album contained five of his own compositions as well as the original song "You Drive Me Crazy", which spent four weeks at number two in the UK singles chart in the spring of 1981. A cover of "It's Raining", released in the autumn, also managed to reach the top ten in the UK. Produced by Stuart Colman, the album retained most of the musicians from Shaky's previous album, notably Mickey Gee, BJ Cole and Geraint Watkins, and was again recorded at the Eden Studios in Chiswick. The album was issued in Australia under the title Green Door with a slightly different track listing where it was also released on CD in the early 1990s. In Europe, it was only officially released on CD for the first time in 2009 as part of The Epic Masters box set.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shaky in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shaky in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of shaky in a Sentence

  1. Jeffrey Gundlach:

    Things are shaky and feeling dangerous, i am not selling gold.

  2. Will Trump:

    The incoming administration will take office just as the latest ObamaCare enrollment tally comes in, delivering a potentially crucial verdict about the still-shaky healthcare marketplaces …. The Obama administration has struggled for several years to bring young, healthy people into the marketplaces, which is needed to offset the medical costs of older and sicker customers. These problems are coming to light this year, as insurers get their first full look at ObamaCare customer data. Some, like UnitedHealth Group, say they’ve seen enough, and are already vowing to leave the exchanges …. experts warn that if the numbers don’t improve this year, more insurers could bolt. That would deal a major blow to marketplace competition, while also driving up rates and keeping even more people out of the exchanges.

  3. John Czwartacki:

    The enforcement arms of government should not be used in order to shake down the productive sector just because we can, especially when the legal case is shaky at best.

  4. Tom Lee:

    Don't look at the shaky ground we currently stand on, instead, look out three to five years.

  5. Kristina Hooper:

    It really suggests that phase one is on shaky grounds and if you can't get a phase one, forget about anything else. It is exhausting.

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  • craaghManx
  • zwak, trillerig, onzeker, bibberig, gammelDutch
  • شرمیلاUrdu

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