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wonky

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won·ky  (wngk)
adj. won·ki·er, won·ki·est Chiefly British
1. Shaky; feeble.
2. Wrong; awry.

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

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"
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"
unstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"

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) adjwack(e)lig
wonky [ˈwɔŋkɪ] adj (BRIT ) (col) → traballante


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