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1 shaky
bizonytalan, repedezett, remegő* * *1) (weak or trembling with age, illness etc: a shaky voice; shaky handwriting.) reszkető2) (unsteady or likely to collapse: a shaky chair.) rozoga3) ((sometimes with at) not very good, accurate etc: He's a bit shaky at arithmetic; My arithmetic has always been very shaky; I'd be grateful if you would correct my rather shaky spelling.) bizonytalan -
2 shake
pillanat, vibrálás, megrázkódás, megrázás, turmix to shake: ráz, kiráz, remegtet, rezeg, megrendít, reng* * *[ʃeik] 1. past tense - shook; verb1) (to (cause to) tremble or move with jerks: The explosion shook the building; We were shaking with laughter; Her voice shook as she told me the sad news.) (meg)ráz; rázkódik, remeg2) (to shock, disturb or weaken: He was shaken by the accident; My confidence in him has been shaken.) megrendít2. noun1) (an act of shaking: He gave the bottle a shake.) (meg)rázás2) (drink made by shaking the ingredients together vigorously: a chocolate milk-shake.) turmix•- shaking- shaky
- shakily
- shakiness
- shake-up
- no great shakes
- shake one's fist at
- shake one's head
- shake off
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3 whimper
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shaky — shak‧y [ˈʆeɪki] adjective not definite or firm, and likely to fail: • The market began a shaky recovery. • After a shaky start at the beginning of the decade, the economy began to grow fast. * * * shaky UK US /ˈʃeɪki/ adjective ► not in good… … Financial and business terms
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shaky — index diffident, insecure, precarious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
shaky — (adj.) 1834 of structures; 1840, of handwriting; 1841 of persons and credit; from SHAKE (Cf. shake) + Y (Cf. y) (2). General sense of uncertain is from 1834. Earliest of trees or logs, split, having fissures (1808). Related: Shakily; shakiness … Etymology dictionary
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shaky — [[t]ʃe͟ɪki[/t]] shakier, shakiest 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe a situation as shaky, you mean that it is weak or unstable, and seems unlikely to last long or be successful. A shaky ceasefire is holding after three days of fighting between rival… … English dictionary
shaky — adjective 1 weak and unsteady because of old age, illness or shock: shaky voice | be shaky on your feet (=not able to walk very well): Grandad was a little shaky on his feet after the accident. 2 not thorough, complete, or certain: My knowledge… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
shaky — adjective (shakier; est) Date: 1703 1. characterized by shakes < shaky timber > 2. a. lacking stability ; precarious < a shaky economy > < performed well after a shaky start > b … New Collegiate Dictionary
