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Shaky vs Shoogly - What's the difference?

shaky | shoogly |

As adjectives the difference between shaky and shoogly

is that shaky is shaking]] or [[tremble|trembling while shoogly is (scotland) shaky, giddy, unsteady, rickety.

shaky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Shaking]] or [[tremble, trembling.
  • a shaky spot in a marsh
    a shaky hand
  • Nervous]]; [[anxious, Anxious.
  • He’s a nice guy but when he talks to me, he acts shaky .
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=April 10 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Villa had plenty of opportunities to make the game safe after a shaky start and despite not reaching any great heights, they were resolute enough to take control of the game in the second half. }}
  • (of wood) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.
  • shaky timber
  • * (seeCites2)
  • Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.
  • a shaky constitution
    shaky business credit

    Synonyms

    * (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over) precarious, rickety, unsteady, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly

    Derived terms

    * shakiness * shakycam

    shoogly

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (Scotland) shaky, giddy, unsteady, rickety