poky Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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)
    slammer; pokey; gaol; jail; jailhouse; clink.
  2. adjective satellite wasting time
    dilatory; laggard; pokey.
  3. adjective satellite small and remote and insignificant
    pokey; jerkwater; one-horse.
    • a jerkwater college
    • passed a series of poky little one-horse towns

WordNet

Pok"y adjective
Etymology
Written also pokey.
Definitions
  1. Confined; cramped. Prov. Eng.
  2. Dull; tedious; uninteresting. Colloq.

Webster 1913