"pokey" meaning in English

See pokey in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpoʊ.ki/ [US] Audio: En-au-pokey.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -əʊki Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} pokey
  1. of small volume, cramped (of a room, house) Translations (cramped): eng (Dutch), eng (German), ankštas (Lithuanian), те́сный (tésnyj) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-pokey-en-adj-riJ~Pi72 Disambiguation of 'cramped': 100 0 0
  2. (slang) slow Tags: slang Translations (slow): sloom (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-pokey-en-adj-Xgz3vR36 Disambiguation of 'slow': 0 100 0
  3. (slang, of a car) fast Tags: slang Translations (fast): vurig (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-pokey-en-adj-EV3DYG-~ Disambiguation of 'fast': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: poky

Noun

IPA: /ˈpoʊ.ki/ [US] Audio: En-au-pokey.ogg [Australia] Forms: pokeys [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊki Head templates: {{en-noun}} pokey (plural pokeys)
  1. (slang, with "the") prison. Tags: slang, with-definite-article Categories (topical): Prison Translations (prison): tjoekie (Afrikaans), garjola [feminine] (Catalan), nor [feminine] (Dutch), amigo [masculine] (Dutch), pose [slang] (Finnish), Gefängnis [neuter] (German), Knast [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-pokey-en-noun-Wz-N6XnH Disambiguation of Prison: 2 0 0 59 39 Disambiguation of 'prison': 100 0
  2. (MLE, slang) knife. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, slang Synonyms: jooka, ying, bassy, rambo
    Sense id: en-pokey-en-noun-b~zCGLu5 Categories (other): Multicultural London English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 1 1 2 91 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 1 1 1 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: poky, in the poke Related terms: Hokey Pokey

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pokey meaning in English (4.8kB)

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