skint
Penniless, poor, impecunious, brokePenniless, poor, impecunious, broke.
» I'm pretty skint at the moment.
Ich bin zur Zeit ziemlich abgebrannt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Ich bin zur Zeit ziemlich knapp bei Kasse. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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2 senses(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang)Penniless, poor, impecunious, broke.
abgebrannt, blank
(slang)Skinned
- lacking funds
Examples
20 sentencesI'm pretty skint at the moment.
deIch bin zur Zeit ziemlich abgebrannt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I think that Tom is skint.
deIch glaube, Tom ist pleite. — Waldelfe
Mary told everyone she was skint.
deMaria sagte allen, daß sie pleite sei. — Waldelfe
I'd buy it if I wasn't skint.
deIch würde es kaufen, wenn ich nicht pleite wäre. — RandomUsername
I'd buy it if I weren't skint.
deIch würde es kaufen, wenn ich nicht pleite wäre. — RandomUsername
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
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| Comparative | skinter / more skint Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | skintest / most skint Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.