1
[ adjective ] wasting time

Synonyms

dilatory laggard pokey dawdling

Related terms

slow

2
[ adjective ] small and remote and insignificant

Synonyms

one-horse pokey jerkwater

Examples

"a jerkwater college" "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"

Related terms

provincial

3
[ adjective ] small and remote and insignificant

Synonyms

one-horse pokey jerkwater

Examples

"a jerkwater college" "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"

Related terms

provincial

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Rhymes with

pokey okey loci hokey smoky karaoke

Phonetic and Homophones

P OW1 K IY0 pokey

Similar Spelling

Pok posy pogy pock Posey pokey pogey poesy pox Pozo Poss posh pose poke Poch Poag

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