pokey Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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)
    slammer; gaol; jail; jailhouse; clink; poky.
  2. adjective satellite wasting time
    dilatory; laggard; poky.
  3. adjective satellite small and remote and insignificant
    jerkwater; one-horse; poky.
    • a jerkwater college
    • passed a series of poky little one-horse towns

WordNet


Pok"ey adjective
Definitions
  1. See Poky.

Webster 1913