wonky

won·ky

W0206600 (wŏng′kē)adj. won·ki·er, won·ki·est Chiefly British 1. Shaky or unsteady: a wonky table.2. Out of alignment; crooked: "The door itself looked wonky somehow, not quite square with the building" (Steve Augarde).3. Not functioning properly or normally: wonky digestion; a wonky phone connection.4. Mentally unbalanced; crazy.

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

wonky

(ˈwɒŋkɪ) adj, -kier or -kiest1. shaky or unsteady2. not in correct alignment; askew3. liable to break down or develop a fault[C20: variant of dialect wanky, from Old English wancol]

won•ky

(ˈwɒŋ ki)

adj. -ki•er, -ki•est. Brit. Informal. a. shaky; unsteady. b. unreliable. [1920–25; perhaps variant of dial. wanky=wank(le) (Middle English wankel, Old English wancol]

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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, lopsidedcrooked - 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, wobblyunstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"

wonky

adjective1. askew, squint (informal), awry, out of alignment, skewwhiff (Brit. informal) The wheels of the trolley kept going wonky.2. shaky, weak, wobbly, unsteady, infirm He's got a wonky knee. shaky

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