wonky

won·ky  (wngk)

adj. won·ki·er, won·ki·est Chiefly British

1. Shaky; feeble.

2. Wrong; awry.

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[Probably alteration of dialectal wanky, alteration of wankle, from Middle English wankel, from Old English wancol, unsteady.]

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wonky

Adjective

[-kier, -kiest] Brit, Austral & NZ slang

1. shaky or unsteady: wonky wheelbarrows, wonky knees

2. insecure or unreliable: his marriage is looking a bit wonky [dialect wanky]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	wonky - turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff" askew, awry, cockeyed, skew-whiff, lopsided crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
	2.	wonky - inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "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" rickety, shaky, wobbly unstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"

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wonky

adjective 1. askew, squint (informal) awry, out of alignment, skewwhiff Brit. (informal)

adjective 2. shaky, weak, wobbly, unsteady, infirm

Translations

wonky [ˈwɔŋkɪ] adj (BRIT) (col) (= unsteady); poco seguro, cojo: (= broken down); estropeado

wonky [ˈwɔŋkɪ] adj (Brit) (inf) → qui ne va or ne marche pas très bien

wonky [ˈwɔŋkɪ] (Brit) (inf) adj → wack(e)lig

wonky [ˈwɔŋkɪ] adj (BRIT ) (col) → traballante