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pok·y 1
also poke·y (pō′kē)adj. pok·i·er, pok·i·est Informal
1. Dawdling; slow: waited for the poky sales clerk to ring up the sale.
2. Frumpish; shabby: found poky old clothes at the thrift store.
3. Small and cramped: a poky but inexpensive apartment.
[From poke.]
pok′i·ly adv.
pok′i·ness n.
po·ky 2
(pō′kē)n. Slang
Variant of pokey1.
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poky
(ˈpəʊkɪ) orpokey
adj, pokier or pokiest
1. informal (esp of rooms) small and cramped
2. without speed or energy; slow
n
(Law) the poky chiefly slang US and Canadian prison
[C19: from poke1 (in slang sense: to confine)]
ˈpokily adv
ˈpokiness n
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pok•y1
(ˈpoʊ ki)adj. pok•i•er, pok•i•est.
1. slow; dawdling.
2. (of a place) small and cramped.
3. dowdy; dull.
[1840–50]
pok′i•ly, adv.
pok′i•ness, n.
pok•y2
(ˈpoʊ ki)n., pl. pok•ies.
Slang. a jail.
[1915–20]
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| Noun | 1. |  poky - 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)bastille - a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner) correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government holding cell - a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial house of correction - (formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences lockup - jail in a local police station workhouse - a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months |
| Adj. | 1. | poky - wasting time slow - not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth" |
| 2. | poky - small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns" provincial - characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes" |
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poky
adjective small, tiny, narrow, confined, cramped, incommodious poky little apartments
open, large, wide, spacious, roomy, capacious, commodious
open, large, wide, spacious, roomy, capacious, commodious
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poky 1
also pokeyadjective
Informal. Proceeding at a rate less than usual or desired:
Idiom: slow as molasses in January.
poky 2
nounSee pokey1
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poky
[ˈpəʊkɪ] ADJ (pokier (compar) (pokiest (superl))) (pej) a poky room → un cuartuchoa poky town → un pueblucho
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poky
pokey [ˈpəʊkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (pej) → angusto/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
poke
(pəuk) verb1. to push something into; to prod. He poked a stick into the hole; He poked her in the ribs with his elbow.
2. to make (a hole) by doing this. She poked a hole in the sand with her finger.
3. to (cause to) protrude or project. She poked her head in at the window; His foot was poking out of the blankets.
noun an act of poking; a prod or nudge. He gave me a poke in the arm.
ˈpoker noun a (usually metal) rod for stirring up a fire.
ˈpoky, pokey adjective (of a room etc) small, with not enough space.
poke about/around to look or search for something among other things.
poke fun at to laugh at unkindly. The children often poked fun at him because of his stammer.
poke one's nose into to interfere with other people's business. He is always poking his nose into my affairs.
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