pokey

Noun pokey has 1 sense

• pokey(n = noun.artifact) clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, poky, slammer - 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);
has particulars: bastille, holding cell, hoosegow, hoosgow, house of correction, lockup, workhouse
is a kind of correctional institution

Adjective pokey has 2 senses

• pokey(s = adj.all) dilatory, laggard, poky - wasting time;
Derived form noun poke₂

• pokey(s = adj.all) jerkwater, one-horse, poky - small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"