poky (redirected from pokiness)

pok·y ¹ also poke·y  (pk)

adj. pok·i·er, pok·i·est Informal

1. Dawdling; slow: waited for the poky sales clerk to ring up the sale.

2. Frumpish; shabby: found poky old clothes at the thrift store.

3. Small and cramped: a poky but inexpensive apartment.

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[From poke.]

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poki·ly adv.

poki·ness n.

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po·ky ²  (pk)

n. Slang

Variant of pokey¹.

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poky, pokey [ˈpəʊkɪ]

adj pokier, pokiest

1. Informal (esp of rooms) small and cramped

2. without speed or energy; slow

n

(Law)

the Chiefly US and Canadian slang prison

[from poke¹ (in slang sense: to confine)]

pokily  adv

pokiness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	poky - 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) gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, slammer, clink bastille - a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner) correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government holding cell - a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial hoosegow, hoosgow - slang for a jail house of correction - (formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences lockup - jail in a local police station workhouse - a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
Adj.	1.	poky - wasting time dilatory, laggard, pokey slow - not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth"
	2.	poky - small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns" jerkwater, one-horse, pokey provincial - characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes"

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poky

adjective small, tiny, narrow, confined, cramped, incommodious poky little apartments
open, large, wide, spacious, roomy, capacious, commodious

Translations

poky [ˈpəʊkɪ] ADJ (pokier (compar) (pokiest (superl))) (pej) a poky room → un cuartucho
a poky town → un pueblucho

poky [ˈpəʊki] adj [room, flat, house] → exigu(ë)

poky

adj (+er) (pej) room, house → winzig; it’s so poky in here → es ist so eng hier

poky pokey [ˈpəʊkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (pej) → angusto/a