Definitions for pokey
Overview of noun pokey
The noun pokey has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. 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? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey
(wasting time)
2. jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky
(small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns")
