shaky
adjective
1.
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”
3.
Origin
From shake + -y.
Phrases
- on shaky ground
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