skint

Contents

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /skɪnt/

• Rhymes: -ɪnt

EtymologyEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

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

Usage notesEdit

• Cockney rhyming slang for skint is boracic lint, or just boracic.

SynonymsEdit

• See also Wikisaurus:impoverished

Derived termsEdit

• skintness

TranslationsEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

• knits, stink, tinks

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

VerbEdit

skint

1. past participle of skinne