Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang)Penniless, poor, impecunious, broke.

    abgebrannt, blank

  2. (slang)Skinned

More definitions
  • lacking funds

Examples

20 sentences
  1. I'm pretty skint at the moment.

    deIch bin zur Zeit ziemlich abgebrannt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I think that Tom is skint.

    deIch glaube, Tom ist pleite. — Waldelfe

  3. Mary told everyone she was skint.

    deMaria sagte allen, daß sie pleite sei. — Waldelfe

  4. I'd buy it if I wasn't skint.

    deIch würde es kaufen, wenn ich nicht pleite wäre. — RandomUsername

  5. I'd buy it if I weren't skint.

    deIch würde es kaufen, wenn ich nicht pleite wäre. — RandomUsername

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
penniless, poor, impecunious, broke:

Origin

The "penniless" sense is attested since 1925 and is derived from a variant of skinned.

The "penniless" sense is attested since 1925 and is derived from a variant of skinned.

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Forms

skinter/more skint, skintest/most skint
Comparativeskinter / more skint Lesson
Superlativeskintest / most skint Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedskintness

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
skint — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto