noun Street Slang

wok

· noun · uk-drill

Prison. Also 'wok house' — the jail.

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UK drill name for jail. 'Wok house' is the full form, 'wok' is the shorthand. Sits in the same family as 'box', 'slammer', 'inside' — but with that distinctly London drill flavour. If the gang are 'in the wok' they're locked up.

“Half the bloc in the wok — that's why the 'free the gang' tags are everywhere.”
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wok In A Sentence

Half the bloc in the wok — that's why the 'free the gang' tags are everywhere.

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What does "wok" mean as slang?

It's slang for prison; the jail itself is sometimes called the 'wok house'.

How do you use "wok" in a sentence?

"He did two years in the wok before he got out."

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