"skint" meaning in English

See skint in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /skɪnt/, /skʌnt/ [Scotland] Audio: en-au-skint.ogg Forms: skinter [comparative], more skint [comparative], skintest [superlative], most skint [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪnt Etymology: The "penniless" sense is attested since 1925 and is derived from a variant of skinned Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} skint (comparative skinter or more skint, superlative skintest or most skint)
  1. (slang, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) Penniless, poor, impecunious, broke. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang Translations (penniless, poor, impecunious, broke): 手頭緊 (Chinese Mandarin), 手头紧 (shǒutóujǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), 手緊 (Chinese Mandarin), 手紧 (shǒujǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), 沒錢 (Chinese Mandarin), 没钱 (méiqián) (Chinese Mandarin), aan den arme (Dutch), auki (Finnish), rahaton (Finnish), abgebrannt (German), blank (German), szegény (Hungarian), csóró (Hungarian), al verde (Italian), spłukany (Polish), шворц (švorc) (Serbo-Croatian), декинтиран (dekintiran) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-skint-en-adj-P6CBChOj Categories (other): British English, Commonwealth English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'penniless, poor, impecunious, broke': 99 1
  2. (slang) skinned Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-skint-en-adj-IIRpu2Ug
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: skintly, skintness

Inflected forms

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    },
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        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "skintest",
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "superlative"
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    }
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          "text": "Mr Grave proceeded to give a stern warning to those “errant pupils” who, against the rules, had been smuggling their mobile phones into school. This was just about everyone, though Zoe was far too skint to even dream of ever owning one.",
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Penniless",
          "penniless"
        ],
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "impecunious",
          "impecunious"
        ],
        [
          "broke",
          "broke"
        ]
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        "(slang, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) Penniless, poor, impecunious, broke."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
          "word": "手頭緊"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "shǒutóujǐn",
          "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
          "word": "手头紧"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
          "word": "手緊"
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
          "word": "沒錢"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "méiqián",
          "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
          "word": "没钱"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
          "word": "aan den arme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
          "word": "auki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
          "word": "rahaton"
        },
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
          "word": "abgebrannt"
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          "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
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        },
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          "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
          "word": "csóró"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
          "word": "al verde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
          "word": "spłukany"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "roman": "švorc",
          "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
          "word": "шворц"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
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          "roman": "dekintiran",
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        "superlative"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
      "word": "手頭緊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǒutóujǐn",
      "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
      "word": "手头紧"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
      "word": "手緊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǒujǐn",
      "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
      "word": "手紧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
      "word": "沒錢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "méiqián",
      "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
      "word": "没钱"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
      "word": "aan den arme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
      "word": "auki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
      "word": "rahaton"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
      "word": "abgebrannt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
      "word": "blank"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
      "word": "szegény"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
      "word": "csóró"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
      "word": "al verde"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
      "word": "spłukany"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "roman": "švorc",
      "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
      "word": "шворц"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "roman": "dekintiran",
      "sense": "penniless, poor, impecunious, broke",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "декинтиран"
    }
  ],
  "word": "skint"
}

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