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pokey
po·key 1 also po·ky P0405900 (pō′kē)n. pl. po·keys also po·kies Slang A jail or prison.
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poke·y 2 P0405900 (pō′kē)adj. Informal Variant of poky1.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  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)gaol, jail, jailhouse, poky, slammer, clinkbastille - a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the governmentholding cell - a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trialhoosegow, hoosgow - slang for a jailhouse of correction - (formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offenceslockup - jail in a local police stationworkhouse - a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months | | Adj. | 1. | pokey - wasting timedilatory, laggard, pokyslow - not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth" | | 2. | pokey - small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"jerkwater, one-horse, pokyprovincial - characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes" |
pokey 1 also poky
nounSlang. A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention:brig, house of correction, jail, keep, penitentiary, prison.Informal: lockup, pen.Slang: big house, can, clink, cooler, coop, hoosegow, joint, jug, slammer, stir.Chiefly Regional: calaboose.Translationspoke (pəuk) verb1. to push something into; to prod. He poked a stick into the hole; He poked her in the ribs with his elbow. 插 插2. to make (a hole) by doing this. She poked a hole in the sand with her finger. 捅(洞) 捅（洞） 3. to (cause to) protrude or project. She poked her head in at the window; His foot was poking out of the blankets. (頭向外)伸 （头向外）伸 noun an act of poking; a prod or nudge. He gave me a poke in the arm. 捅 捅ˈpoker noun a (usually metal) rod for stirring up a fire. 火鉗 拨火棍ˈpoky, pokey adjective (of a room etc) small, with not enough space. 狹小的，簡陋的(地方) 狭小的，简陋的（地方） poke about/around to look or search for something among other things. 尋找，逛，閒盪 寻找，逛，闲荡 poke fun at to laugh at unkindly. The children often poked fun at him because of his stammer. 取笑某人 取笑某人poke one's nose into to interfere with other people's business. He is always poking his nose into my affairs. 管閒事，干涉他人的事 干涉他人的事
pokey
the pokeyold-fashioned slang Prison or jail, or a cell within one. The officer decided to put the drunken college student in the pokey for the night to sober up. A new sheriff arrived into town, and before long the pokey was overrun with criminals.See also: pokeypoky1. Small, cramped, or confined. Said of living or working accommodations. They gave me a poky office down in the basement of the building. Rent is so high in this city that we can only afford a poky one-bedroom apartment.2. Slow, sluggish, or inefficient; tarrying or dawdling. The food was delicious, but the poky staff really put me off going there again to eat. My dad is still using the same poky old computer he bought in 1998. The thing can barely even boot up anymore!3. Dull, plain, or unfashionable. I've only got these poky old dresses to wear to her wedding. He's been wearing the same poky blazer to work every day for the past 20 years.poky and pokey1. n. jail; a jail cell. (Usually with the.) She spent a day in the poky. 2. mod. slow; lagging and inefficient. Hurry up! Don’t be so poky. pokey verbSee pokyEncyclopediaSeepokypokey
Related to pokey: Hokey pokeySynonyms for pokeynoun a place for the confinement of persons in lawful detentionSynonyms- brig
- house of correction
- jail
- keep
- penitentiary
- prison
- lockup
- pen
- big house
- can
- clink
- cooler
- coop
- hoosegow
- joint
- jug
- slammer
- stir
- calaboose
Synonyms for pokeynoun 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)Synonyms- gaol
- jail
- jailhouse
- poky
- slammer
- clink
Related Words- bastille
- correctional institution
- holding cell
- hoosegow
- hoosgow
- house of correction
- lockup
- workhouse
adj wasting timeSynonymsRelated Wordsadj small and remote and insignificantSynonymsRelated Words |