Dictionary Entry
pokey
pokey is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: See Poky. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
See Poky.
- 2noun
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)
- 3adjective
small and remote and insignificant
"a jerkwater college"
"passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"
- 4adjective
wasting time
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