skint

Meaning

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

Synonyms

broke

bust

moneyless

stone-broke

stony-broke

unfunded

without money

coinless

boracic

povvo

penniless

scant

skimp

stingy

Translations

abgebrannt

platzak

fauchée

fauché

fichu

αδέκαρος

unbemittelt

unvermögend

à sec

μπατίρης

mittellos

pauvre

démuni

désargenté

escurat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skɪnt/

Etymology

The "penniless" sense is attested since 1925 and is derived from a variant of skinned
Note also the phrase skin a flint (“go to extreme lengths for the sake of gain or economy”), from the brittleness and hardness of flint which makes it almost impossible to remove just its skin without shattering it.