poky

/'pouki/
Học thuật
Thân thiện
poky

A small, poky café is tucked away on a quiet side street.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Small, cramped, and shabby: Describes a place, especially a room or dwelling, that is uncomfortably small, narrow, and often in poor condition.
    • Slow, dawdling, or dull: Describes an action, process, or person that is annoyingly slow or lacking in excitement or interest.

  2. Noun:

    • (Slang) A jail or prison: A correctional institution for detaining persons in legal custody.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective (Small/Cramped):
    • The hotel room was so poky that we could barely turn around.
    • They lived in a poky little apartment above the shop.
  • Adjective (Slow/Dull):
    • Don't be so poky, or we'll miss the start of the movie.
    • The service at the restaurant was unacceptably poky.
  • Noun (Jail):
    • He spent a night in the poky for disorderly conduct.
Advanced Usage
  • "poky little": A common collocation used to emphasize the insignificance and cramped nature of a place.
    • She grew up in a poky little village where nothing ever happened.
  • Used informally and often with a mildly critical or disapproving tone.
Variants and Related Words
  • Pokey: An alternative spelling, especially common for the noun meaning "jail."
    • He was thrown in the pokey.
  • Pokiness (n.): The state or quality of being poky.
    • The pokiness of the office made it hard to concentrate.
Synonyms
  • Adjective (Small/Cramped): Cramped, confined, narrow, shabby, dingy.
  • Adjective (Slow): Slow, sluggish, tardy, dawdling, lethargic.
  • Noun (Jail): Jail, prison, lockup, clink, brig.
Antonyms
  • Adjective (Small/Cramped): Spacious, roomy, ample, luxurious.
  • Adjective (Slow): Fast, quick, speedy, brisk.
Related Phrases/Idioms
  • In the poky: An informal idiom meaning "in jail."
    • If you're not careful, you'll end up in the poky.
poky

A small, poky café is tucked away on a quiet side street.

Adjective
  1. small and remote and insignificant
    • a jerkwater college
    • passed a series of poky little one-horse towns
  2. wasting time
Noun
  1. 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)

Từ đồng nghĩa

Từ tương tự

Từ gần giống

Từ có nhắc đến "poky"