shoogly
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.
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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.
The step-ladder was so shoogly that everyone told him to get down before he broke his neck.
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(Scotland) shaky, giddy, unsteady, rickety.
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- shoggly83%
(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) shaky.
- shoogle74%
An act of shoogling; a shake.
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Shiggle is a Welsh English dialect word meaning to shake or jiggle something — a vigorous little wobble or trembling movement. It's the kind of physical verb that sounds exactly like what it means, with the short sharp syllables mimicking the quick back-and-forth motion it describes. Used in Wales and Welsh-influenced English dialects, shiggle adds colour to descriptions of movement, particularly when something or someone is being wiggled, rattled, or quivered into action.
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(transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To shake or rock rapidly.