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poky
UK
/ˈpəʊki/
US
/ˈpoʊki/
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poky
adjective
pokier
Comp.
pokiest
Super.
UK
/ˈpəʊki/
US
/ˈpoʊki/
убогий
The hotel room was poky and poorly furnished.
Номер в отеле был убогим и плохо обставленным.
тесный
The apartment was poky and uncomfortable.
Квартира была тесной и неудобной.
Additional translations
тесноватый
скучный
медлительный
Synonyms
confined
tight
uncomfortable
dull
slow
cramped
small
Antonyms
spacious
roomy
ample
poky
noun
pokies
pl
UK
/ˈpəʊ.ki/
US
/ˈpoʊ.ki/
US informal variant of “pokey” meaning jail; countable noun.
Definitions
poky
adjective
Small and cramped.
The apartment was poky, with barely enough room to move around.
Slow or sluggish.
The poky traffic made her late for the meeting.
Shabby, dingy, or of poor quality.
They stayed in a poky motel on the edge of town.
Dull or uninteresting; lacking excitement.
He dreamed of escaping his poky hometown for the big city.
poky
noun
A jail or prison (informal, chiefly US).
The brawler spent a night in the poky after the fight.
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