(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) shaky.
(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) shaky.
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(Scotland) shaky, giddy, unsteady, rickety.
Shoogly is a wonderfully expressive Scots dialect adjective meaning shaky, wobbly, unsteady, or rickety — the quality of something that trembles, tilts, or might collapse at any moment. Often used to describe a precarious chair, an unstable structure, or a person feeling physically unsteady. The word 'shoogly peg' is a well-known Scots phrase for an insecure position (to be hanging on a shoogly peg means your position is at risk). The word itself sounds exactly like what it means.
(UK, US, colloquial, dated) Shaky, rickety, ramshackle.
(dialectal) Loose-jointed, shambling.