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Definition of chokey in English: chokey(also choky) nounPlural chokeys, Plural chokiesˈtʃəʊkiˈtʃoʊki British dated, informal 1Prison. they sent old Polgar to the chokey then? Example sentencesExamples - Which then implies my guilt and before I could say ‘GrocerJack Robinson’, I'm doing a hefty old stretch in the chokey at the pleasure of Her Maj!
- Herr Pfannenstiel served three-and-a-half months in the chokey recently for match-fixing in the local S-League.
- He packed off the burglar for a lengthy spell in the chokey, and settled down for his third trial of the day.
- If not, he warned, the perpetrator could face years in chokey or even the death penalty.
- And as the latter carried a heavier alternative jail sentence, she warned Ms Kane that she faced more than one night in chokey when she returns for sentence next week.
Synonyms prison, penal institution, place of detention, lock-up, place of confinement, guardhouse, correctional facility, detention centre - 1.1mass noun Imprisonment.
Example sentencesExamples - At 410 years per death that would make the pharmaceutical industry liable for over 43 million years of chokey in the US alone.
- He opted for chokey instead of a £500 fine and is currently out on appeal.
- In The Prisoner Of Azkaban, Harry Potter is in his third year at Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry when Sirius Black, the man who may have killed his parents, escapes from wizard chokey.
Synonyms imprisonment, internment, confinement, detention, custody, captivity, restraint
Origin Early 17th century (in the sense 'customs or toll house'): Anglo-Indian, from Hindi caukī; influenced by choke1. This slang term for ‘prison’ first appears in English in the original Hindi sense ‘customs or toll house, police station’. The word is Anglo-Indian, from Hindi caukī, influenced by choke.
Rhymes croaky, folkie, folky, hokey, hokey-cokey, hoki, jokey, karaoke, Loki, okey-dokey, Okie, pokey, poky, smoky, trochee Definition of chokey in US English: chokey(also choky) nounˈCHōkēˈtʃoʊki British dated, informal 1Prison. they sent old Polgar to the chokey then? Example sentencesExamples - Which then implies my guilt and before I could say ‘GrocerJack Robinson’, I'm doing a hefty old stretch in the chokey at the pleasure of Her Maj!
- He packed off the burglar for a lengthy spell in the chokey, and settled down for his third trial of the day.
- And as the latter carried a heavier alternative jail sentence, she warned Ms Kane that she faced more than one night in chokey when she returns for sentence next week.
- If not, he warned, the perpetrator could face years in chokey or even the death penalty.
- Herr Pfannenstiel served three-and-a-half months in the chokey recently for match-fixing in the local S-League.
Synonyms prison, penal institution, place of detention, lock-up, place of confinement, guardhouse, correctional facility, detention centre - 1.1 Imprisonment.
Example sentencesExamples - In The Prisoner Of Azkaban, Harry Potter is in his third year at Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry when Sirius Black, the man who may have killed his parents, escapes from wizard chokey.
- At 410 years per death that would make the pharmaceutical industry liable for over 43 million years of chokey in the US alone.
- He opted for chokey instead of a £500 fine and is currently out on appeal.
Synonyms imprisonment, internment, confinement, detention, custody, captivity, restraint
Origin Early 17th century (in the sense ‘customs or toll house’): Anglo-Indian, from Hindi caukī; influenced by choke. |