skinflint
/ˈskɪnflɪnt/
skinflint noun: one who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser.
Noun
skinflint (plural skinflints)
skinflint meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Gujarati
skinflint in Tamil
- கருமி
skinflint in Malayalam
- miser, niggard, penny-pincer
- അറുപിശുക്കൻ, പിശുക്കൻ, പിശക്കൻ, ലുബ്ധൻ, വണ്ഠരൻ, വണ്ഡരൻ
skinflint in Kannada
- ಕ್ಷುದ್ರ, ಅಲ್ಪ, ಜಿಪುಣ, ಪಿಶನಾರಿ
skinflint in Gujarati
- a skinflint
- મારવાડી mārvāḍī
Forms of skinflint
| plural | skinflints |
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Origin of skinflint
From 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.
Words formed from skinflint
Words that rhyme with skinflint
Questions about skinflint
- What does skinflint mean?
- Skinflint means one who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser.
- What is skinflint in Tamil?
- Skinflint in Tamil is கருமி. See Skinflint meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is skinflint?
- Skinflint is a noun.
- How do you pronounce skinflint?
- Skinflint is pronounced /ˈskɪnflɪnt/.
- What is the plural of skinflint?
- The plural of skinflint is skinflints.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: skinflint (page history and authors); skinflint (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); skinflint (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); skinflint (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); મારવાડી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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