Overview of noun pokey

The noun pokey has 1 sense

• 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

• dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey -- (wasting time)


• jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky -- (small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns")