Any lowlife drug addict on welfare. Can usually be found in shit neighborhoods drinking beer all fucking day. Identified by missing teeth, bad skin, being crack-thin (like a skeleton, hence the word: skell), and stinking of booze.
by DoucheFuck September 01, 2003
no good cheap, scumbags. usually dwelling amonst the boston region of new england. they are also known for being skinny, dirty, and cheap, no good, Youkillis-goatee-wearing mother fuckers
look at that filthy skell grubbing money for drugs outside of that irish pub on Commonwealth avenue, wearing his dirty number 20 boston jersey.
by sdino27 July 17, 2009
by Alz February 26, 2005
A skell is a deadbeat. Someone who does not pay their bills. A skell can also be someone who blows you off a lot.
Skell in a sentence. I called my friend Jim to go out for drinks, but he skelled on me, what a prick.
by bliggity July 28, 2003
anyone that is apart of the "zoo" (see zoo) at Flagler college. they typically hang out on the third floor of lewis house. not to be confused with the fraternity L3F, although some skells are apart of said fraternity.
by newyorkfretbarholocoust December 11, 2010
ADJECTIVE: This word describes a lowlife, non-bill paying possibly crack or heroin addicted being. It is a word largely used by all New York City members of public service when refering to a perp or dirtbag.
1. Put gloves on, that guys a skell.
2. You can get heppatitis just by LOOKING at that skell.
3. Stop skelling out, that job is in your area.(E.M.S. related).
2. You can get heppatitis just by LOOKING at that skell.
3. Stop skelling out, that job is in your area.(E.M.S. related).
by southbronxems January 05, 2007