adjective · rare

wonky

wonky · wonkier · wonkiest

хиткий, хисткий

сломанный

gebrochen, aufgerissen, zerstört

Lopsided, misaligned or off-centreLopsided, misaligned or off-centre.

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UK/ˈwɒŋ.kɪ/US/ˈwɑŋ.ki/

» The old man's gait is wonky.

Meaning

6 senses

Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK)Feeble, shaky or rickety.
(informal)Suffering from intermittent bugs.
(informal)Generally incorrect.
Technically worded, in the style of jargon.
Technical in nature, difficult for non-specialists to understand.

More definitions

inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
turned or twisted toward one side

Examples

5 sentences

The old man's gait is wonky.
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This table is wonky.
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The picture is wonky.
deDas Bild hängt schief.
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Eat your wonky veg.
deIss dein Krüppelgemüse!
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The picture is wonky. Could you straighten it?
deDas Bild hängt schief. Könntest du es wieder geraderichten?
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Translations

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Origin

From English dialectal wanky, alteration of Middle English wankel (“unstable, shaky”), fro

From English dialectal wanky, alteration of Middle English wankel (“unstable, shaky”), from Old English wancol (“unstable”), from Proto-West Germanic *wankul (“swaying, shaky, unstable”).

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