1. Constricted in size
   "poky quarters";
   - cramped
    
2. [N. Amer, informal] Slow or wasting time
   "The poky student was always the last to finish assignments";
   - dilatory, laggard, pokey [N. Amer]

1. 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)
   "The old poky was converted into a museum";
   - jail, jailhouse, gaol [Brit], clink [informal], slammer [informal], pokey [informal], prison, calaboose [US, Austral, informal]

Derived forms: pokiest, pokies, pokier

See also: incommodious, slow

Type of: correctional institution

Encyclopedia: Poky