poky

UK
/ˈpəʊki/
US
/ˈpoʊki/

Translations

pokyadjective
pokier
Comp.
pokiest
Super.
UK
/ˈpəʊki/
US
/ˈpoʊki/
The hotel room was poky and poorly furnished.
Номер в отеле был убогим и плохо обставленным.
The apartment was poky and uncomfortable.
Квартира была тесной и неудобной.
pokynoun
pokies
pl
UK
/ˈpəʊ.ki/
US
/ˈpoʊ.ki/
US informal variant of “pokey” meaning jail; countable noun.

Definitions

pokyadjective
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.
pokynoun
A jail or prison (informal, chiefly US).
The brawler spent a night in the poky after the fight.