different between pocky vs poky

English

Etymology

From pock +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p?ki/
• Rhymes: -?ki

Adjective

pocky (comparative more pocky, superlative most pocky)

1. Covered in pock marks; specifically, pox-ridden, syphilitic. [from 14th c.]
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 1:

     Faith, if 'a be not rotten before 'a die (as we have many pocky corpses that will scarce hold the laying in) 'a will last you some eight year [...]

   • 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, IV:

     ‘You Damn'd Confounded Pocky Whore, I am glad we are met, for now will I give you as many Stripes as I've taken Pills, Bolus's, and other Hellish Slip-slops on your Account.’

English

Alternative forms

• pokey

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

By shortening from poker machine (“gambling device”)

Noun

poky (plural pokies)

1. A gambling device based on the card game poker.

Etymology 2

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Adjective

poky (comparative pokier, superlative pokiest)

1. Slow.
2. Stupid; mentally dull.

Etymology 3

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Adjective

poky (comparative pokier, superlative pokiest)

1. (of a room or other enclosed space) Small and cramped, and often shabby.

Translations

Noun

poky (plural pokies)

1. (slang) Jail.