pokey

/ˈpoʊki/
adjective
  1. Very slow or taking a long time.
    • The internet connection was pokey, so videos kept buffering.
    • The old computer was so pokey that I had to wait minutes for it to start.
    • He's a pokey driver who never goes above the speed limit.
  2. Small and cramped; lacking space.
    • I don't like pokey offices where desks are squeezed together.
    • The hotel room was pokey and had no windows.
    • They lived in a pokey little apartment with barely room for a bed.
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noun
  1. A jail or prison. (informal)
    • He spent a night in the pokey for disorderly conduct.
    • The sheriff threw him in the pokey for stealing a horse.
    • After the riot, several people ended up in the pokey.
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