shaky

About 1.65 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Shaking or trembling.

   a shaky spot in a marsh

2. adjective Nervous, anxious.

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

3. adjective Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.

   shaky timber

4. adjective Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.

   a shaky constitution

5. adjective Wavering; undecided.

Similar words

quaking quivering shivering trembling shaking wobbly rickety unsteady precarious unstable

Often followed by

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Word family

shakier shakiest shakily shakiness shakinesses