pokey meaning and definition

POKEY noun

Definition of pokey (noun)

1. 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)
   • synonyms: clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, poky, slammer

POKEY adjective

Definition of pokey (adjective)

1. wasting time
   • synonyms: dilatory, laggard, poky
2. small and remote and insignificant
   • "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"
   • synonyms: jerkwater, one-horse, poky