Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hoosgow

1 sense of hoosgow

Sense 1
hoosegow, hoosgow -- (slang for a jail)
       => jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey -- (a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence))