Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pokey

/ˈpoʊ.ki/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: pokey
IPA: /ˈpoʊ.ki/

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a room or house, of small volume, cramped.

adj

Slang

adj

Of a car, fast.

Slang

noun

Slang

noun

Slang

Example Sentences

"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."
"Grip my pokey, ching down these punks"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpoʊ.ki/

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

poky (alternative) pokeys (plural)

Phrases

Hokey Pokey

Frequently Paired Words

Hokey Pokey

Synonyms

jooka ying bassy rambo in the poke jerkwater one-horse poky

Homonyms

pokie

Rhymes With

karaoke smoky smokey aoki loci okey hokey oki gnocchi okie skokie oaky

Questions

How do you pronounce pokey?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpoʊ.ki/.
What does pokey mean?: Of a room or house, of small volume, cramped.

How to pronounce pokey

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