skint

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skɪnt/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /skʌnt/ Rhymes: -ɪnt === Adjective === skint (comparative skinter or more skint, superlative skintest or most skint) (slang, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) Penniless, poor, impecunious, broke. (slang) skinned ==== Usage notes ==== Cockney rhyming slang for skint is boracic lint, or just boracic. It is pronounced as barassic or brassic. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:impoverished ==== Derived terms ==== skintly skintness ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === knits, sinkt, snikt, stink, tinks == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === skint past participle of skinne