pokey

1. 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)

   Synonymsjailjailhousegaolclinkslammerpoky

   Broadercorrectional institution

   Narrowerbastilleholding cellhoosegowhouse of correctionlockupworkhouse

Other forms of pokey

plural

pokeys·

comparative

pokeyer·

superlative

pokeyest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pokey

What does pokey mean?

pokey means "wasting time". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pokey?

pokey has 2 syllables: po-key. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ˈpoʊki/.

What is another word for pokey?

Close synonyms include dilatory, laggard, poky, jerkwater, one-horse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pokey a common word?

pokey is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pokey?

1 word rhymes with pokey. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.