Usually means: Unsteady, odd, unreliable in function.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word wonky:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. wonky: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. wonky: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wonky: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. wonky: Collins English Dictionary
  5. wonky: Vocabulary.com
  6. Wonky, wonky: Wordnik
  7. wonky: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. wonky: Wiktionary
  9. wonky: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. wonky: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. wonky: Dictionary.com
  12. Wonky (album), Wonky (disambiguation), Wonky (genre), Wonky (music), Wonky: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. wonky: Rhymezone
  14. wonky: Free Dictionary
  15. wonky: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. wonky: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  17. wonky: Dictionary/thesaurus

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. wonky, wonky: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. wonky: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. W.O.N.K.Y, Wonky: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Mountain Bike Slang (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.
▸ adjective:  (chiefly British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) Feeble, shaky or rickety.
▸ adjective:  (informal, computing) Suffering from intermittent bugs.
▸ adjective:  (informal) Generally incorrect.
▸ noun:  (music) A subgenre of electronic music employing unstable rhythms, complex time signatures, and mid-range synths.
▸ adjective:  Technically worded, in the style of jargon.

Similar:
awry, shaky, wobbly, rickety, crooked, askew, cockeyed, lopsided, unstable, skewjawed, more...

Opposite:
stable, steady, balanced, even, regular

Types:
wobbly, crooked, bent, twisted, askew, lopsided, skewed, slanted, more...

Phrases:
wonky hole, Wonky pop, more...

Colors:
    chartreuse,     periwinkle,     mauve,     teal,     fuchsia,     mustard,     coral,     lime,     turquoise,     lavender



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Similar:
awry, shaky, wobbly, rickety, crooked, askew, cockeyed, lopsided, unstable, skewjawed, more...

Opposite:
stable, steady, balanced, even, regular

Types:
wobbly, crooked, bent, twisted, askew, lopsided, skewed, slanted, more...

Phrases:
wonky hole, Wonky pop, more...

Colors:
    chartreuse,     periwinkle,     mauve,     teal,     fuchsia,     mustard,     coral,     lime,     turquoise,     lavender



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