Pokey synonyms
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(U.S. Navy) A place where offenders are temporarily confined, as on a warship
An institution for the confinement of persons convicted of minor criminal offenses.
(Uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
(Colloquial) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
The definition of a pen is a small yard or animal enclosure, or an tool used to draw or write with ink.
(Slang) A penitentiary
The definition of a can is a container normally made of metal with a lid.
A prison or a prison cell; a jail:
(Old, Slang) A jail or guardhouse
A sound meant to imitate a nightingale's note
A person or thing that slams
Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
A jail.
free (related)
(Hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
poky (related)
The definition of poky is slow, small and uncomfortable, or dowdy.
(US, colloquial, pejorative) Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, backward
(Informal) Having little importance; limited in resources, scope, etc.; petty; inferior
Causing or tending to cause delay; meant to gain time, defer action, etc.
Slow or late in doing things; falling behind
A place for incarcerating prisoners; a jail.
Find another word for pokey. In this page you can discover 27 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for pokey, like: keep, brig, house of correction, jail, penitentiary, prison, lockup, pen, big house, can and clink.