pokey

Meanings

Plural: pokeys

Noun

• 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

Synonyms

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

Related Words

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