pokey

• Adjektiv, das im amerikanischen Englisch verwendet wird, um etwas sehr Langsames, Kleines oder Enges zu beschreiben.

An adjective used in American English to describe something that is very slow, small, or cramped.

1. Slow or sluggishB2informalamerican

   Characterized by a lack of speed or urgency; tending to waste time.

   Langsam, träge

   • The service at that restaurant was really pokey.
   • He's always so pokey in the morning before his coffee.
   • Don't be so pokey, we're going to be late.

   Synonymebehindhanddilatorylaggardlanguidlethargicslowsluggishtardytorpidunhurried

   Antonymebriskfastquickrapidspeedyswift

2. Small, cramped, and insignificantB2informalamerican

   Describing a place that is small, confined, and often remote or unremarkable.

   Klein und eng

   • They lived in a pokey little town in the middle of nowhere.
   • The office was a pokey room with barely enough space for a desk.
   • He grew up in a pokey apartment above a shop.

   Synonymecrampeddingydismaldullinsignificantnarrowpokysmallsqualidtinyunremarkable

   Antonymecommodiousspacious

• Umgangssprachliches Substantiv für ein Gefängnis oder eine Justizvollzugsanstalt, in der Personen auf richterliche Anordnung festgehalten werden, sei es als Untersuchungshäftlinge oder als Strafgefangene.

A noun referring to 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.

1. Jail or PrisonB2informalamerican

   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.

   Gefängnis

   • He spent a night in the pokey for disorderly conduct.
   • The sheriff locked him up in the local pokey.
   • After the trial, he was sent to the pokey for six months.

   Synonymecanclinkhoosegowjailjointjuglockupprisonslammer