English Explanatory Dictionary

wonky

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.
  2. Feeble, shaky or rickety.
  3. Suffering from intermittent bugs.
  4. Generally incorrect.
noun
  1. A subgenre of electronic music employing unstable rhythms, complex time signatures, and mid-range synths.
adj
  1. Technically worded, in the style of jargon.
  2. Technical in nature, difficult for non-specialists to understand.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɒŋ.kɪ/ wŏngʹkē /ˈwɑŋ.ki/ /ˈwɔŋ.ki/ en-us-wonky.ogg en-au-wonky.ogg

Word forms

wonky wonkier wonkiest

Etymology

From English dialectal wanky, alteration of Middle English wankel (“unstable, shaky”), from Old English wancol (“unstable”), from Proto-West Germanic *wankul (“swaying, shaky, unstable”).

Synonyms

awry misaligned skew-whiff rickety buggy broken

Derived words

wonkily wonkiness wonky hole
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