pokey

• Adjetivo del inglés estadounidense que describe algo muy lento, pequeño o estrecho/apretado.

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.

   Lento, pesado

   • 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.

   Sinónimosbehindhanddilatorylaggardlanguidlethargicslowsluggishtardytorpidunhurried

   Antónimosbriskfastquickrapidspeedyswift

2. Small, cramped, and insignificantB2informalamerican

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

   Pequeño, estrecho e insignificante

   • 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.

   Sinónimoscrampeddingydismaldullinsignificantnarrowpokysmallsqualidtinyunremarkable

   Antónimoscommodiousspacious

• Sustantivo coloquial que designa una prisión o centro de detención, donde el gobierno confina a personas acusadas o condenadas por la ley.

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.

   Cárcel o prisión

   • 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.

   Sinónimoscanclinkhoosegowjailjointjuglockupprisonslammer