- pokey⇄adv. pokily.
- pokey⇄noun pokiness.
- pokey⇄pokey (1), noun, pl.pokeys.
(U.S. Slang.) a jail.
Ex. After all, if he'd said those things to the cop he'd have had a night in the pokey as well as the $25 fine (Wall Street Journal). - pokey⇄poky orpokey (2), adjective, pokier,pokiest.
1. moving or acting slowly; puttering; dull; slow.
Ex. I wouldn't have your pokey old husband (Sinclair Lewis). The firemen ... complained that the Russians had been too poky about reporting the fir