Meaning

6 senses

  1. Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.

  2. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK)Feeble, shaky or rickety.

  3. (informal)Suffering from intermittent bugs.

  4. (informal)Generally incorrect.

  5. Technically worded, in the style of jargon.

  6. 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

  1. The old man's gait is wonky.

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  2. This table is wonky.

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  3. The picture is wonky.

    deDas Bild hängt schief. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Eat your wonky veg.

    deIss dein Krüppelgemüse! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. The picture is wonky. Could you straighten it?

    deDas Bild hängt schief. Könntest du es wieder geraderichten? — raggione

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Translations

1 languages

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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Forms

wonkier, wonkiest
Comparativewonkier Lesson
Superlativewonkiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
ricketyC2brokenA1awrymisalignedskew-whiffbuggy
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Derivedwonkilywonkinesswonky hole

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wondrousB2wongwontwooC1
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