pokey

• Adjetivo usado no inglês americano para descrever algo muito lento, pequeno ou apertado. Também pode indicar falta de espaço ou alguém que se move devagar.

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

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbehindhanddilatorylaggardlanguidlethargicslowsluggishtardytorpidunhurried

   Antônimosbriskfastquickrapidspeedyswift

2. Small, cramped, and insignificantB2informalamerican

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

   Pequeno e apertado

   • 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.

   Sinônimoscrampeddingydismaldullinsignificantnarrowpokysmallsqualidtinyunremarkable

   Antônimoscommodiousspacious

• Substantivo informal que designa uma prisão ou estabelecimento correcional, usado para deter pessoas sob custódia legal do governo, seja aguardando julgamento ou cumprindo pena.

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.

   Cadeia

   • 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.

   Sinônimoscanclinkhoosegowjailjointjuglockupprisonslammer