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skint — [skɪnt] adjective [not before a noun] informal not having much money, especially for a short time: • I m skint at the moment. * * * skint UK US /skɪnt/ adjective UK INFORMAL ► not having any money, especially temporarily: » … Financial and business terms
skint — [skınt] adj [not before noun] BrE informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: skinned defeated, overcome, having no money (1900 2000), from skin] having no money, especially for a short time = ↑broke ▪ I m skint at the moment … Dictionary of contemporary English
skint — [ skınt ] adjective BRITISH INFORMAL someone who is skint does not have any money … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
skint — [skint] adj. [Brit. Slang] having little or no money; broke … English World dictionary
skint — /skint/, adj. Brit. Slang. having no money; penniless. [1930 35; prob. orig. repr. dial. pron. of skinned; see SKIN (v.), ED2] * * * … Universalium
skint — ► ADJECTIVE Brit. informal ▪ having little or no money available. ORIGIN variant of informal skinned, in the same sense … English terms dictionary
skint — [[t]skɪ̱nt[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you say that you are skint, you mean that you have no money. [BRIT, INFORMAL] I m skint! Lend us a tenner. Syn: broke … English dictionary
skint — adjective (not before noun) BrE informal having no money, especially for a short time: I m skint at the moment … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
skint — UK [skɪnt] / US adjective British informal someone who is skint does not have any money … English dictionary
skint — /skɪnt / (say skint) adjective Colloquial completely without money; broke. {from skinned, past participle of skin (def. 16) …
