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Meaning of shaky

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  shaky
      adj 1: 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" [syn: {rickety}, {shaky},
             {wobbly}, {wonky}]
      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";
         "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" [syn: {shaky}, {shivering},
         {trembling}]
      3: not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage" [syn:
         {precarious}, {shaky}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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