pokey

2 definitions found

pokey - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pokey \Pok"ey\, a.
     See Poky.
     [1913 Webster]

pokey - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pokey
      adj 1: wasting time [syn: dilatory, laggard, poky,
             pokey]
      2: small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college";
         "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns" [syn:
         jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky]
      n 1: 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) [syn: jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink,
           slammer, poky, pokey]