1. poky - noun
· 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)
Synonym(s): jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, pokey
Hypernym(s): correctional_institution
2. poky - adjective
· wasting time
Synonym(s): dilatory, laggard, pokey
3. poky - adjective
· small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"
Synonym(s): jerkwater, one-horse, pokey
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