pokey

English

Alternative forms

• poky

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊ.ki/

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• Rhymes: -əʊki
• Homophone: pokie

Adjective

pokey

1. of small volume, cramped (of a room, house)
   • 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 9”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:

     He loved the little pokey kitchen, where men’s boots tramped, and the dog slept with one eye open for fear of being trodden on; where the lamp hung over the table at night, and everything was so silent.

2. (slang) slow
3. (slang, of a car) fast

Translations

cramped

• Dutch: eng (nl)
• German: eng (de)
• Lithuanian: ankštas
• Russian: те́сный (ru) m (tésnyj)

slow

• Dutch: sloom (nl)

fast

• Dutch: vurig (nl)

Noun

pokey (plural pokeys)

1. (slang, with "the") prison.
2. (MLE, slang) knife.

   Synonyms: jooka, ying, bassy, rambo

   • 2018 August 25, (1011) Eleven X (Splash) Russ X Taze (lyrics and music), “Anti”, 1:35:

     Grip my pokey, ching down these punks

Synonyms

• in the poke

Translations

prison

• Afrikaans: tjoekie (af)
• Catalan: garjola (ca) f
• Dutch: nor (nl) f, amigo (nl) m
• Finnish: pose (fi) (slang)
• German: Gefängnis (de) n, Knast (de) m

See also

• Hokey Pokey