Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by or prone to quaking; shaky: as, a quaky bog.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Shaky, or tremulous; quaking.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Inclined to
quake ;tremulous .
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Examples
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"Because it's a machine and because it says the same thing ov'r and over," Rose said in a quaky voice.
Beard 2010
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And I don't know whether you remember, Steve, but my voice was a little quaky and a little nervous when I thought, gosh, our barge, which was an open-sided barge, seemed a little low in the water.
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And I don't know whether you remember, Steve, but my voice was a little quaky and a little nervous when I thought, gosh, our barge, which was an open-sided barge, seemed a little low in the water.
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And I don't know whether you remember, Steve, but my voice was a little quaky and a little nervous when I thought, gosh, our barge, which was an open-sided barge, seemed a little low in the water.
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This may shape up to be a contest between an upcoming progressive and a quaky relic from the old Dem machine which sold out progressive values to try to control how the pipeline contract benefits were parceled out in the mid-70s to mid-80s.
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Meanwhile, quaky venture capitalists called other pet-preneurs into the conference room to prove that they could survive in an Amazon-dominated space.
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Accompanied by often quaky narration by real police, "Top Cops" and "Secret Service" re-create two or three true tales of police bravery or masterly detective work in one 60-minute episode.
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I had no idea how Josh was going to treat me in front of his parents, so I was feeling quaky and nervous as I approached.
CONFESSIONS KATE BRIAN 2007
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I had no idea how Josh was going to treat me in front of his parents, so I was feeling quaky and nervous as I approached.
CONFESSIONS KATE BRIAN 2007
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A terricolous vively-onview this; queer and it continues to be quaky.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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