Shaky
adjective
Moving in a way that is not steady or firm.
The table is shaky.
Often appears as...
- shaky hands
- shaky steps
adjective
Not strong or sure; likely to fail.
Their relationship is shaky.
Often appears as...
- shaky relationship
- shaky foundation
adjective
Nervous or upset and unable to think or act in a calm and normal way.
He was shaky after the accident.
Often appears as...
- shaky from shock
- feel shaky
adjective
Moving in a way that is not steady or firm.
The table is shaky.
Often appears as...
- shaky hands
- shaky steps
adjective
Not strong or sure; likely to fail.
Their relationship is shaky.
Often appears as...
- shaky relationship
- shaky foundation
adjective
Nervous or upset and unable to think or act in a calm and normal way.
He was shaky after the accident.
Often appears as...
- shaky from shock
- feel shaky
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Literal Shaking
Use 'shaky' to describe objects that literally move without stability.
He held the shaky ladder carefully.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Condition
'Shaky' can refer to a temporary loss of physical steadiness, often due to weakness or illness.
After the marathon, her legs were shaky.
Pro Tip 3/3Weak Performance
Describe a performance or skill as 'shaky' if it lacks confidence or proficiency.
His first piano recital was a bit shaky.
Pro Tip 1/3Literal Shaking
Use 'shaky' to describe objects that literally move without stability.
He held the shaky ladder carefully.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Condition
'Shaky' can refer to a temporary loss of physical steadiness, often due to weakness or illness.
After the marathon, her legs were shaky.
Pro Tip 3/3Weak Performance
Describe a performance or skill as 'shaky' if it lacks confidence or proficiency.
His first piano recital was a bit shaky.
Pro Tip 1/3Literal Shaking
Use 'shaky' to describe objects that literally move without stability.
He held the shaky ladder carefully.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Condition
'Shaky' can refer to a temporary loss of physical steadiness, often due to weakness or illness.
After the marathon, her legs were shaky.
Pro Tip 3/3Weak Performance
Describe a performance or skill as 'shaky' if it lacks confidence or proficiency.
His first piano recital was a bit shaky.
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3 ways to spot a bad...
But it's also more responsible data visualization, because if you were to show the exact probabilities, maybe that would encourage people to get their flu jabs at the wrong time. The point of these shaky lines is so that people remember these imprecisions, but also so they don't necessarily walk away with a specific number,
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3 myths about the future...
If a human being can't explain themselves, where on earth do we begin in writing a set of instructions for a machine to follow? Thirty years ago, this view was right, but today it's looking shaky, and in the future it's simply going to be wrong. Advances in processing power, in data storage capability
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Thinking your way out of...
because that's not that's not how confidence works your body doesn't know the difference between fear and excitement so as you're walking up to the podium or into the meeting or any place where your confidence is shaky you have to say to yourself I'm excited I'm excited yes you don't believe it and
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Spectacular, glorious,...
they go back good to see you again so I think my internet is being but a little bit shaky I apologize for that I have one more song if you'd like to stick around please do this is a song that you may know it's one of my most favorite songs in the world and it's a
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Depressed dogs, cats...
She was quite literally a scaredy cat. She would hide in the closet. She was un-self-confident and shaky, but with the loving support of her family, a lot of a time, and their patience, now, three years later, she's actually a happy, confident cat.
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Music and emotion...
very shaky old man making his way across the room on a walker he came over to a piano that was there and he bounced himself and began playing something like this and he said something like me a boy symphony they Beethoven and I suddenly
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Alice Goffman: How we're...
the relationship between our historically high incarceration rates and our low crime rate is pretty shaky. It turns out that the crime rate goes up and down irrespective of how many young people we send to prison.
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How to disagree...
it felt terrible, I felt humiliated and ashamed. And it felt to me like the sophisticated response to that was to be as extreme as possible. And despite this very shaky entry into the world of debate, I loved it.
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Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
hits the lungs between the front legs and that almost stimulates them to take a kick the gospel air here we go mom's helping it up come on there we go little one it's very shaky
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Simba Under Attack PIPE ...
Poor guy. He looks so stable, so secure. Definitely the king of his patch. And then it all looks so shaky so quickly when the competition moves in.
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3 ways to spot a bad...
But it's also more responsible data visualization, because if you were to show the exact probabilities, maybe that would encourage people to get their flu jabs at the wrong time. The point of these shaky lines is so that people remember these imprecisions, but also so they don't necessarily walk away with a specific number,
Video examples
3 myths about the future...
If a human being can't explain themselves, where on earth do we begin in writing a set of instructions for a machine to follow? Thirty years ago, this view was right, but today it's looking shaky, and in the future it's simply going to be wrong. Advances in processing power, in data storage capability
Video examples
Thinking your way out of...
because that's not that's not how confidence works your body doesn't know the difference between fear and excitement so as you're walking up to the podium or into the meeting or any place where your confidence is shaky you have to say to yourself I'm excited I'm excited yes you don't believe it and
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Spectacular, glorious,...
they go back good to see you again so I think my internet is being but a little bit shaky I apologize for that I have one more song if you'd like to stick around please do this is a song that you may know it's one of my most favorite songs in the world and it's a
Video examples
Depressed dogs, cats...
She was quite literally a scaredy cat. She would hide in the closet. She was un-self-confident and shaky, but with the loving support of her family, a lot of a time, and their patience, now, three years later, she's actually a happy, confident cat.
Video examples
Music and emotion...
very shaky old man making his way across the room on a walker he came over to a piano that was there and he bounced himself and began playing something like this and he said something like me a boy symphony they Beethoven and I suddenly
Video examples
Alice Goffman: How we're...
the relationship between our historically high incarceration rates and our low crime rate is pretty shaky. It turns out that the crime rate goes up and down irrespective of how many young people we send to prison.
Video examples
How to disagree...
it felt terrible, I felt humiliated and ashamed. And it felt to me like the sophisticated response to that was to be as extreme as possible. And despite this very shaky entry into the world of debate, I loved it.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
hits the lungs between the front legs and that almost stimulates them to take a kick the gospel air here we go mom's helping it up come on there we go little one it's very shaky
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Simba Under Attack PIPE ...
Poor guy. He looks so stable, so secure. Definitely the king of his patch. And then it all looks so shaky so quickly when the competition moves in.
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Quote examples
Michael J. Fox
Canadian Actor
Now I feel and I say all the time that vanity is, like, long gone. I'm really free of worrying about what I look like, because it's out of my shaky hands. I don't control it. So why would I waste one second of my life worrying about it?
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Emily V. Gordon
American Writer
Don't sacrifice alone time with your spouse just because the kids seem needy. A united front requires adult time alone, so put it in the calendar and make it a priority. A house cannot stand on a shaky foundation.
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Robert Stone
American Novelist
I think everybody must be aware that this society is a whole lot shakier now than it was before the war. I was trying to examine, in 'Dog Soldiers,' the process of that blow falling on America.
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Janet Fitch
American Author
My thoughts about God are vague and abstract. My connection with the energy of the universe is shaky.
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Gia Coppola
American Director
I like the camera to be still and not very shaky and have everything happen within the frame.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.
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Joe Kaeser
German Businessman
On the global scale, if there's a shaky Middle East, there's a shaky world.
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Mary Tyler Moore
American Actress
No candy bars unless I've had a low blood sugar where I'm shaky.
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Isaac Wright Jr.
I'm going to ensure justice, where justice is shaky.
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Ja Rule
American Musician
Be very nervous of the shaky hands.
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Michael J. Fox
Canadian Actor
Now I feel and I say all the time that vanity is, like, long gone. I'm really free of worrying about what I look like, because it's out of my shaky hands. I don't control it. So why would I waste one second of my life worrying about it?
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Emily V. Gordon
American Writer
Don't sacrifice alone time with your spouse just because the kids seem needy. A united front requires adult time alone, so put it in the calendar and make it a priority. A house cannot stand on a shaky foundation.
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Robert Stone
American Novelist
I think everybody must be aware that this society is a whole lot shakier now than it was before the war. I was trying to examine, in 'Dog Soldiers,' the process of that blow falling on America.
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Janet Fitch
American Author
My thoughts about God are vague and abstract. My connection with the energy of the universe is shaky.
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Gia Coppola
American Director
I like the camera to be still and not very shaky and have everything happen within the frame.
Quote examples
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.
Quote examples
Joe Kaeser
German Businessman
On the global scale, if there's a shaky Middle East, there's a shaky world.
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Mary Tyler Moore
American Actress
No candy bars unless I've had a low blood sugar where I'm shaky.
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Isaac Wright Jr.
I'm going to ensure justice, where justice is shaky.
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Ja Rule
American Musician
Be very nervous of the shaky hands.
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