Poky

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Informal Dawdling; slow: waited for the poky sales clerk to ring up the sale.
  • adj. Informal Frumpish; shabby: found poky old clothes at the thrift store.
  • adj. Informal Small and cramped: a poky but inexpensive apartment.
  • n. Slang Variant of pokey1.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. slow
  • adj. small and cramped
  • n. jail
  • n. A gambling device based on the card game poker
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Confined; cramped.
  • adj. Dull; tedious; uninteresting.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Slow; dull; stupid: said of persons.—2. Confined; cramped; musty; stuffy: said of places.
  • Poor; shabby.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. 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)
  • adj. small and remote and insignificant
  • adj. wasting time
  • Equivalent
    provincial    slow   
    Variant
    pokier    pokiest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    confined    cramped    dull    tedious    uninteresting   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aoki    Okie    Skokie    gnocchi    hokey    karaoke    loci    oaky    okey    okey-dokey   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts