pokey

Meaning

Adj

1. of small volume, cramped (of a room, house)
2. (slang) slow
3. (slang) fast

Noun

1. (slang, with-definite-article) prison.
2. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) knife.

Synonyms

poky

jail

gaol

jailhouse

prison

slammer

laggard

jerkwater

clink

one-horse

dilatory

prison house

bastille

three hots and a cot

brig

confinement

frowsty

frowsy

fuggy

fusty

noisome

penitentiary

stuffy

chokey

Translations

prisão

Gefängnis

garjola

prigione

eng

carcere

presídio

prison

Knast

Untersuchungsgefängnis

Zuchthaus

Strafvollzugsanstalt

presidi

δεσμωτήριο

penal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpoʊ.ki/