adj
Meaning 1
Slow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
poky
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Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Stupid; mentally dull.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Small and cramped, and often shabby.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
Alternative spelling of pokie (gambling machine).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 5
Jail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
small and remote and insignificant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a jerkwater college
- passed a series of poky little one-horse towns
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jerkwater, one-horse, pokey
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
wasting time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dilatory, laggard, pokey
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, pokey
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: correctional institution
Narrower terms: bastille, holding cell, hoosegow, hoosgow, house of correction, lockup, workhouse
History
Etymology
From slowpoke.
By shortening from poker machine (“gambling device”).
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: тесен (tesen) — small and cramped
- Bulgarian: сбутан (sbutan) — small and cramped
- Czech: těsný — small and cramped
- Czech: malý — small and cramped
- Czech: stísněný — small and cramped
- Esperanto: malvasta — small and cramped
- Polish: ciasny — small and cramped