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発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈpoʊ.ki/
• 韻: -əʊki
• Homophone: pokie

形容詞

pokey

1. of small volume, cramped (of a room, house)
   • 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 9”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:

     He loved the little pokey kitchen, where men’s boots tramped, and the dog slept with one eye open for fear of being trodden on; where the lamp hung over the table at night, and everything was so silent.

2. (slang) slow
3. (slang, of a car) fast

名詞

pokey (plural pokeys)

1. (slang, with "the") prison.
2. (MLE, slang) knife.

   Synonyms: jooka, ying, bassy, rambo

   • 2018 August 25, (1011) Eleven X (Splash) Russ X Taze, “Anti”, 1:35:

     Grip my pokey, ching down these punks

同意語

• in the poke

参考

• Hokey Pokey