skint

English

Etymology

(usually postpositive) (Brit, slang) without money. variant of skinned, past participle of skin. Word Origin and History for skint. adj. "broke, out of money," 1925, slang variant of skinned, past participle of skin (v.).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /skɪnt/
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Rhymes: -ɪnt

Adjective

skint (comparative skinter or more skint, superlative skintest or most skint)

(slang, Britain, Australia) Penniless, poor, impecunious, broke.

Usage notes

Cockney rhyming slang for skint is boracic lint, or just boracic. It is pronounced as brassic.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:impoverished

Derived terms

skintness

Translations

penniless, poor, impecunious, broke

Chinese:
Mandarin: 手頭緊, 手头紧 (shǒutóujǐn), 手緊 (zh), 手紧 (zh) (shǒujǐn), 沒錢 (zh), 没钱 (zh) (méiqián)
Dutch: aan den arme
Finnish: auki (fi), rahaton (fi)
German: abgebrannt (de), blank (de)

Hungarian: szegény (hu), csóró (hu)
Italian: al verde
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Serbo-Croatian: шворц (švorc), декинтиран m (dekintiran)

Anagrams

knits, sinkt, stink, tinks

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

skint

past participle of skinne

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