skint

adjective

ˈskint 

chiefly British

: without money : penniless

However skint I am, I always pay my services bills …

—Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell)

I was skint by that time. It was a shame. … Still, who needs money when you're looking good?

—Melvin Burgess

Synonyms

• impoverished
• poor
• broke
• penniless
• bankrupt

Examples of skint in a Sentence

an area of London where skint punk rockers would hang out

Word History

Etymology

alteration of skinned, past participle of skin entry 2

First Known Use

circa 1925, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for skint

• clint
• dint
• glint
• hint
• lint
• mint
• print
• quint
• quinte
• splint
• sprint
• squint