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Narrator: Today's word is "Shaky" — adjective, pronounced /ˈʃeɪki/, with the stress on "sha".
Narrator: Shaky means trembling, or not firm and likely to fail.
Narrator: In plain English, shaky means wobbly or uncertain.
Narrator: It comes from shake plus -y.
Narrator: A common collocation is "shaky start", which describes a weak beginning.
Narrator: It differs from "unstable", because shaky often describes hands, voices or confidence.
Narrator: In a second sense, "on shaky ground" means using weak arguments.
Narrator: Sport, health, business and everyday speech all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: shaky means wobbly.
Speaker A: Why are your hands trembling?
Speaker B: I'm SHAKY after the exam! From shake.
Speaker A: Nerves?
Speaker B: And too much coffee.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "A shaky video", filming. "The team made a shaky start", sport. "His evidence is shaky", law.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Spell it "shaky", not "shakey".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Wobbly is its cousin, unsteady its twin, and uncertain an alternative — yet shaky keeps its trembling charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "shaky" in AI prompts — useful for video tools and argument checks.
Speaker A: How for video?
Speaker B: Stabilise.
Prompt: Explain how to stabilise shaky phone footage in a free editor.
Speaker A: And arguments?
Speaker B: Find weak points.
Prompt: Identify claims in this essay that rest on shaky evidence.
Speaker A: Could it help health?
Speaker B: Yes, for symptoms.
Prompt: List reasons someone might feel shaky and when to seek medical advice.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Sport.
Prompt: Write a match report line about a shaky first half followed by a comeback.
Shaky — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary