Defenition of the word poky

• Defenition of the word poky

  • wasting time
  • small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"
  • 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)
  • small and remote and insignificant

Synonyms for the word poky

• • dawdling
  • dilatory
  • jail
  • jerkwater
  • laggard
  • one-horse
  • plodding
  • poke
  • pokey
  • prison
  • slow

Similar words in the poky

• • poky
  • provincial
  • slow

Hyponyms for the word poky

• • bastille
  • holding cell
  • hoosegow
  • hoosgow
  • house of correction
  • lockup
  • workhouse

Hypernyms for the word poky

• • correctional institution

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