Associations to the word «Shaky»

Wiktionary

SHAKY, adjective. Shaking or trembling.
SHAKY, adjective. Nervous; Anxious.
SHAKY, adjective. (of wood) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.
SHAKY, adjective. Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.

Dictionary definition

SHAKY, adjective. 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".
SHAKY, adjective. 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".
SHAKY, adjective. Not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley