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wonky::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | askew, awry, cockeyed, lopsided, skew-whiff |
Examples of wonky
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The Xperia X10 mini was a small, but an ultimately wonky take on Android phones.
From the techcrunch.com
Slow Motion pulses along nicely, with wonky reverberation as its lead instrument.
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Your first few attempts may be a little wonky, but they get easier with practice.
From the guardian.co.uk
There are also old sinks, broken tiles, rusty bikes and wonky ladders in there.
From the guardian.co.uk
They come in multiple styles including a wonky fingerprint design and a fun maze.
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Mark Shields was appropriately wonky, and I like wonky in my election coverage.
From the sfgate.com
It might seem that this is a small price to pay for India to fix its wonky border.
From the economist.com
Pinot Noir growers are a wonky breed, obsessed by a painfully difficult grape.
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The whole gaffe kind of reminds us of the wonky elbow from that Bloomingdale's ad.
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- Askew: 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"
- Rickety: 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"
- Wonky is an often debated term used to describe a tendency to use mid-range unstable synths, complex and unusual time signatures that appeared before summer 2008, among a range of musical genres, including hip hop, grime, chiptune, dubstep, crunk,Skwee, electro & breaks.
- Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre; Feeble, shaky or rickety; Suffering from intermittent bugs; broken; Generally incorrect
- (wonkily) In a wonky manner
- Slang for when your bike's not working right.
- Adj. not functioning properly. "I bailed, and now my wheel is all wonky and all I hear are wild pigs."
- Adj. Shaky or weak. This word was actually used as a little pun in GOF. Hermione asks about a Quidditch Play that she calls the "Wonky Faint," which is really called the Wronski Feint. The pun suggests a weak move, while the Wronski play is really quite fast and aggressive.
- Adj. Possibly best described as a lighthearted way of saying "not quite right". You might say "My plans for the evening went a bit wonky"; you would not say "I'm sorry to tell you, Mr. Jones, but your wife's cardiac operation has gone a bit wonky".
