Search Result:pokey
KK Pronunciation
〔 ˋpokI 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˊpouki 〕
Overview of noun pokey
The noun pokey has 1 sense
- jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey -- (a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence))
Overview of adj pokey
The adj pokey has 2 senses
- dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey -- (wasting time)
- jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky -- (small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns")