pokey

Plural: pokeys

Noun

• A jail or prison; an old-fashioned term for a lockup.
• 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)
• prison.
• knife.

Adjective Satellite

• wasting time
• small and remote and insignificant

Adj

• of small volume, cramped (of a room, house)
• slow
• fast

Examples

• His opponent’s letters were stuck in a ’POKEY’ position, unable to form any high-scoring words.

Synonyms

clink, dilatory, gaol, jail, jailhouse, jerkwater, laggard, one-horse, poky, slammer, bassy, in the poke, jooka, rambo, ying

Related Words

Hokey Pokey

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