| Definition of 'pokey' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) 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)
2. (adj) dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey
wasting time
3. (adj) jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky
small and remote and insignificant
"a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"
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| Definition of 'pokey' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) pokey
see Poky
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Sense: (of a room etc) small, with not enough space.
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 Afrikaans: klein |
 Arabic: ضَيِّق |
 Bulgarian: тесен |
 Brazilian: apertado |
 Czech: těsný |
 German: eng |
 Danish: trang |
 Greek: στενάχωρος, άβολος |
 Spanish: minúsculo, diminuto |
 Estonian: kitsas |
 Farsi: تنگ و تاریک |
 Finnish: ahdas |
 French: exigu |
 Hebrew: צַר |
 Hindi: जरा सा जगह |
 Croatian: skučen |
 Hungarian: szegényes |
 Indonesian: kecil |
 Icelandic: þröngur |
 Italian: piccolo |
 Japanese: 狭い |
 Korean: 비좁은 |
 Lithuanian: ankštas |
 Latvian: šaurs; saspiests |
 Malay: sempit |
 Dutch: benauwd |
 Norwegian: trangt om plassen |
 Polish: ciasny |
 Persian: تنگ و تاریک |
 Pashto: تور او تياره |
 Portuguese: acanhado |
 Romanian: strâmt, îngust |
 Russian: тесный |
 Slovak: tesný |
 Slovenian: majhen |
 Serbian: tesan |
 Swedish: trång, kyffig |
 Thai: แคบ |
 Turkish: ufak, kutu gibi |
 Taiwanese: 狹小的，簡陋的(地方) |
 Ukrainian: тісний |
 Urdu: تنگ، چھوٹا |
 Vietnamese: nhỏ |
 Chinese: 狭小的，简陋的（地方） |
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