browse words by letter
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
pokey |
Grep of noun pokey pokey Overview of noun pokey The noun pokey has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. pokey -- (a slang term for jail) Overview of adj pokey The adj pokey has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. dawdling, dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey -- (wasting time) 2. jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky -- (small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns") Antonyms of adj pokey 2 senses of pokey Sense 1 dawdling, dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey INDIRECT (VIA slow) -> fast Sense 2 jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky INDIRECT (VIA provincial) -> cosmopolitan Similarity of adj pokey 2 senses of pokey Sense 1 dawdling, dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey => slow (vs. fast) Sense 2 jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky => provincial (vs. cosmopolitan) Attributes of adj pokey Familiarity of adj pokey pokey used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj pokey pokey Overview of noun pokey The noun pokey has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. pokey -- (a slang term for jail) Overview of adj pokey The adj pokey has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. dawdling, dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey -- (wasting time) 2. jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky -- (small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns")
pokey definition
This work is licensed under a
