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shakey

shakey is the alternative spelling of shaky.

Meaning of shaky

Adjective

shaky (comparative shakier, superlative shakiest)

  1. Shaking or trembling.
    • a shaky spot in a marsh
  2. Nervous, anxious.
    • He’s a nice guy but when he talks to me, he acts shaky.
  3. Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.
    • shaky timber
  4. Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.
    • a shaky constitution
  5. Wavering; undecided.

Proper noun capitalized: Shakey

Shakey

  1. (humorous, modern nickname) William Shakespeare.
    • Greene: Master Shakey Poet, a word if you please? / Will: Shakespeare, Master Greene, my name is Shakespeare.2016, Ben Elton, “Star Crossed Lovers”, in Upstart Crow, season 1, episode 1 (television production)

Forms of shakey

comparativemore shakey
superlativemost shakey

Origin of shakey

Clipping of Shakespeare + -y.

Words that rhyme with shakey

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about shakey

What does shakey mean?
Shakey means william Shakespeare.
What is shakey the alternative spelling of?
Shakey is the alternative spelling of shaky.
What part of speech is shakey?
Shakey is a proper noun.

Words near shakey in the dictionary

  1. shakesters
  2. shaketh
  3. shakeup
  4. shakeups
  5. shakeworthy
  6. shakey
  7. shakha
  8. shakhas
  9. shakhovite
  10. Shakhtarsk
  11. Shakhtarske

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shakey (page history and authors); Shakey (page history and authors); shaky (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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