hint
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity.
a very slight or hardly noticeable amount; soupçon: a hint of garlic in the salad dressing.
perceived indication or suggestion; note; intimation: a hint of spring in the air.
Obsolete. an occasion or opportunity.
to give a hint of: gray skies hinting a possible snowfall.
to make indirect suggestion or allusion; subtly imply (usually followed by at): The article hinted at corruption in the mayor's office.
Origin of hint
1synonym study For hint
Other words for hint
Opposites for hint
Other words from hint
- hinter, noun
- un·hint·ed, adjective
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How to use hint in a sentence
Now, Park and colleagues have finally created a supernova-style shock wave in the lab and watched it send particles hurtling, revealing possible new hints about how that happens in the cosmos.
Giant lasers help re-create supernovas’ explosive, mysterious physics | Emily Conover | November 12, 2020 | Science NewsInstead, we’ve been hunting around in their numbers for hints and notes about what is going on inside of fintech itself.
Square and PayPal earnings bring good (and bad) news for fintech startups | Alex Wilhelm | November 11, 2020 | TechCrunchI couldn’t help thinking a hint should have popped up after my prolonged failure with the walking hamburger.
‘Bugsnax’ is charming and funny, but sapped by vexing gameplay | Harold Goldberg | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostWith hints like that, linguists could undo the sound changes and trace the original pronunciation.
The English Word That Hasn’t Changed in Sound or Meaning in 8,000 Years - Facts So Romantic | Sevindj Nurkiyazova | November 9, 2020 | NautilusSo, the couple, who also have a 10-month-old baby, now figure future day care disruptions will become just another part of the new normal, with the kids inevitably being kicked out again when there’s a hint of possible illness.
Families and daycares struggle to navigate COVID rules with germy kids | Rachel Schallom | November 2, 2020 | Fortune
But the hinter at evil things, having shot his shafts, was turning on his heel, bound for the tap-room at the "Brown Cow."
The Root of All Evil | J. S. FletcherTo widen their knowledge of the world, and teach them that "hinter den Bergen sind auch Leute!"
A Witch of the Hills, v. 2-2 | Florence WardenIt contains, notably in the two acts of the "hinter haus," real strokes of observation and profound knowledge of human nature.
Iconoclasts | James HunekerHe had kept this from them so that he should not spoil their vacation in the Alps at Hinter-Tux.
An Aviator's Field Book | Oswald BlckeThe heroes of the Hinter-land are the bold explorers who in militant fashion have made their way into regions as yet unsubdued.
The Gentle Reader | Samuel McChord Crothers
British Dictionary definitions for hint
/ (hɪnt) /
a suggestion or implication given in an indirect or subtle manner: he dropped a hint
a helpful piece of advice or practical suggestion
a small amount; trace
(when intr, often foll by at; when tr, takes a clause as object) to suggest or imply indirectly
Origin of hint
1Derived forms of hint
- hinter, noun
- hinting, noun
- hintingly, adverb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with hint
see take a hint.
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