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[ adjective ] inclined to shake as from weakness or defect

Synonyms

wobbly shaky wonky

Examples

"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"

Used in print

(Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)

We flew in rickety planes so overloaded that we wondered why they did n't crash .

Related terms

unstable

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