Synonyms of the word

jailhouse

• n. A building containing a prison.

clink

• n. (onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
• v. To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such…
• v. (humorous, dated) To rhyme.
• n. (slang) Jail or prison, after the Clink prison in Southwark, London. Used in the phrase in the clink.
• n. Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.

gaol

• n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia) Alternative spelling of jail.
• v. (Britain) Alternative spelling of jail.

jail

• n. A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially…
• n. (uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
• n. (horse racing) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be…
• n. In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
• v. To imprison.

pokey

• adj. (of a room, house) of small volume, cramped.
• adj. (slang) slow.
• adj. (slang, of a car) fast.
• n. (slang, with "the") prison.

poky

• n. A gambling device based on the card game poker.
• adj. Slow.
• adj. (of a room or other enclosed space) Small and cramped.
• n. (slang) Jail.

slammer

• n. One who, or that which, slams.
• n. (slang, usually "the slammer") Jail, prison.
• n. A tequila cocktail.
• n. One who takes part in slam-dance.
• n. In the game of Pogs, the heavier piece used to strike the stack of counters.