SHAKY Meaning of SHAKY in English adj. (shakier, shakiest) 1. unsteady; apt to shake; trembling. 2 unsound, infirm (a shaky hand). 3 unreliable, wavering (a shaky promise; got off to a shaky start). Derivatives: shakily adv. shakiness n. Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012