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[hint] 
–noun
| 1. | an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity. |
| 2. | a very slight or hardly noticeable amount; soupçon: a hint of garlic in the salad dressing. |
| 3. | perceived indication or suggestion; note; intimation: a hint of spring in the air. |
| 4. | Obsolete. an occasion or opportunity. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to give a hint of: gray skies hinting a possible snowfall. |
–verb (used without object)
| 6. | to make indirect suggestion or allusion; subtly imply (usually fol. by at): The article hinted at corruption in the mayor's office. |
Origin:
1595–1605; (n.) orig., opportunity, occasion, appar. var. of obs. hent grasp, act of seizing, deriv. of the v.: to grasp, take, ME henten, OE hentan; (v.) deriv. of the n.
1595–1605; (n.) orig., opportunity, occasion, appar. var. of obs. hent grasp, act of seizing, deriv. of the v.: to grasp, take, ME henten, OE hentan; (v.) deriv. of the n.
Related forms:
hinter, noun
Synonyms:
1. allusion, insinuation, innuendo; memorandum, reminder; inkling. 5. imply. Hint, intimate, insinuate, suggest denote the conveying of an idea to the mind indirectly or without full or explicit statement. To hint is to convey an idea covertly or indirectly, but intelligibly: to hint that one would like a certain present; to hint that bits of gossip might be true. To intimate is to give a barely perceptible hint, often with the purpose of influencing action: to intimate that something may be possible. To insinuate is to hint artfully, often at what one would not dare to say directly: to insinuate something against someone's reputation. Suggest denotes particularly recalling something to the mind or starting a new train of thought by means of association of ideas: The name doesn't suggest anything to me.
1. allusion, insinuation, innuendo; memorandum, reminder; inkling. 5. imply. Hint, intimate, insinuate, suggest denote the conveying of an idea to the mind indirectly or without full or explicit statement. To hint is to convey an idea covertly or indirectly, but intelligibly: to hint that one would like a certain present; to hint that bits of gossip might be true. To intimate is to give a barely perceptible hint, often with the purpose of influencing action: to intimate that something may be possible. To insinuate is to hint artfully, often at what one would not dare to say directly: to insinuate something against someone's reputation. Suggest denotes particularly recalling something to the mind or starting a new train of thought by means of association of ideas: The name doesn't suggest anything to me.
Antonyms:
5. express, declare.
5. express, declare.
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| hint (hĭnt) n.
v. tr. To indicate or make known in an indirect manner. v. intr. To give a hint: wouldn't hint at the true purpose of the meeting. See Synonyms at suggest. [Probably from Middle English hinten, henten, to catch, grasp, from Old English hentan.] hint'er n. |
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Hint
Hint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hinting.] [OE. henten, hinten, to seize, to catch, AS. hentan to pursue, take, seize; or Icel. ymta to mutter, ymtr a muttering, Dan. ymte to whisper. [root]36. Cf. Hent.] To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion. Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike. --Pope. Syn: To suggest; intimate; insinuate; imply.Hint
Hint\, v. i. To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle. --Tennyson. To hint at, to allude to lightly, indirectly, or cautiously. Syn: To allude; refer; glance; touch.Hint
Hint\, n. A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive. Our hint of woe Is common. --Shak. The hint malevolent, the look oblique. --Hannah More. Syn: Suggestion; allusion. See Suggestion.
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Language Translation for : hint
Spanish:
insinuación, indirecta,
German:
die Andeutung,
Japanese:
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hint
1604, from obsolete hent, from O.E. hentan "to seize," from P.Gmc. *khantijanan (cf. Goth. hinþan "to seize"), related to hunt. Modern sense and spelling first attested in Shakespeare.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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HINT
Hierarchical Information NeTs.
A language for the CDC 3600.
["HINT: A Graph Processing Language", R.D. Hart, Michigan State U, Apr 1970].
(1994-12-07)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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hint
see take a hint.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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