poky

Someone who moves very slowly is poky. When you try to take your poky dog on a jog, she'll stop to sniff every bush and blade of grass along the way.

Wasting time, dawdling, or being annoying and boring are all ways to get called poky: "I need a new computer — my poky old laptop takes forever to do anything." In Britain this adjective is sometimes used in a completely opposite way, to mean "speedy" or "quick to accelerate": "Her car is much more poky than it looks!"

Primary Meanings of poky

1.
adj
wasting time
2.
n
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)
Full Definitions of poky
1

adj wasting time

Synonyms:
dilatory, laggard, pokey
slow
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time

adj small and remote and insignificant

Synonyms:
jerkwater, one-horse, pokey
provincial
characteristic of the provinces or their people
2

n 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)

Synonyms:
clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, slammer
Types:
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bastille
a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
holding cell
a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial
hoosegow, hoosgow
slang for a jail
house of correction
(formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences
lockup
jail in a local police station
workhouse
a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
Type of:
correctional institution
a penal institution maintained by the government

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