skint

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) (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)

1. (slang, British, 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 (shǒutóu jǐn), 手头紧 (shǒutóujǐn), 手緊／手紧 (zh) (shǒujǐn), 手紧 (zh) (shǒujǐn), 沒錢／没钱 (zh), 没钱 (zh) (méiqián)

• Dutch: aan den arme
• Finnish: auki (fi), rahaton (fi)
• German: abgebrannt (de), blank (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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, snikt, stink, tinks

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Verb

skint

1. past participle of skinne