skint
Without a penny
Skint is British slang for having no money, temporarily broke: I can't come out tonight—I'm skint.
The word suggests being cleaned out rather than chronically poor.
It derives from skinned, as in fleeced or stripped bare.
broke
Completely without money
- cash-strappedLacking available money
- hard-upLacking money, struggling
- strappedLacking available funds
- moneylessHaving no wealth
impecunious · stony-broke · short · bust · stone-broke · out-of-pocket · tight · pinched
penniless
Completely without money
- cash-strappedLacking available money
- hard-upLacking money, struggling
- strappedLacking available funds
moneyless · impecunious · stony-broke · short · bust · stone-broke · out-of-pocket · tight · pinched · stretched
- British slangblag, bloke, bodge, blagger, bobby
- London slanginnit, bruv, fam, roadman, bare
- Northern Slangaye, nowt, summat, lass, luv
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- skin careMaintaining the epidermis
- skin and bonesExtreme thinness, no flesh
- dry skinDehydrated outer layer
- skinny jeansForm-fitting denim pants
- dead skinDiscarded epidermal cells
- pale skinLight-colored human exterior
skin, skinny, skins, skinned, skinning, skin-deep, skinless, skinflint, skinhead