different between skinned vs skint

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Adjective

skinned (comparative more skinned, superlative most skinned)

1. Having skin.
2. Covered in a thin membrane resembling skin.
3. Having skin (or similar outer layer) totally or partially removed.

Verb

skinned

1. simple past tense and past participle of skin

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)(usually postpositive) (Brit, slang) without money. variant of skinned, past participle of skin.

Word origin and history for skint: adj. "broke, out of money," 1925, slang variant of skinned, past participle of skin (v.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

skint (comparative skinter or more skint, superlative skintest or most skint)

1. (slang, Britain, Australia) Penniless, poor, impecunious, broke.
2. (slang) skinned

Usage notes

• Cockney rhyming slang for skint is boracic lint, or just boracic. It is pronounced as brassic.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:impoverished

Derived terms

• skintness

Translations

Anagrams

• knits, sinkt, snikt, stink, tinks

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

skint

1. past participle of skinne