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US
/ˈʃeɪki/
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[ UK /ʃˈeɪki/ ]
[ UK /ʃˈeɪki/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
not secure; beset with difficulties
a shaky marriage -
inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
a wobbly chair with shaky legs
the ladder felt a little wobbly
a rickety table
the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky -
vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
seemed shaky on her feet
trembling hands
the quaking child asked for more
quivering leaves of a poplar tree
sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier
a quaking bog
with shaking knees
How To Use shaky In A Sentence
- This blogger is a seriously insecure woman who needs to examine her shaky sense of privilege before again attempting to write about transpeople. The Brave One Goes Crazy And Murders Weekend Box Office
- As a result, instead of the clean visuals that typify the science fiction genre, we see lens flares, shaky handheld cameras, zooms, and sloppy rack focuses even in CGI shots.
- To all outward appearances everything was fine, but under the surface the marriage was very shaky.
- On the stroke of half time Oxford once again scythed through the shaky gold defence, hooker Andy Dalgleish supplying Bradshaw with the perfect pass to score his second of the evening.
- Easy to apply, with a shaky hand. The Sun
- The video is extremely shaky, but Cooper and his crew are clearly under siege, and Cooper can be heard saying he's been hit, yelling "calm down" and talking to his camerawoman. WATCH: Anderson Cooper Egypt Attack Video
- Although it's fairly obvious that he's innocent and that the evidence against him's shaky at best, the victim IDs him and he's sent to a holding cell to await trial.
- For me, his random interviews with various down-and-out characters in Cleveland, on sidewalks and in living rooms, while charmingly syncopated in the Jarmusch family style, with intermittent jazz music and grainy shaky filming, did not result in a clear "what is this about"--although Tom insisted that for him, it was exactly the Cleveland he wished to express, "meant to be an imperfect portrait. Karin Badt: The Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival: From Soviet Cannibals to Jarmusch's Cleveland
- I raked my shaky hand through my uncombed, disheveled hair.
- The Super Bowl runner-up Pittsburgh Steelers were crushed by divisional rivals the Baltimore Ravens in their opening game with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger having a shaky start with three interceptions and two fumbles. Pressure already on teams off to surprisingly slow starts