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inkling
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ingk
-ling
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ink·ling
/
ˈɪŋk
lɪŋ
/
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[
ingk
-ling
]
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noun
1.
a slight suggestion or indication; hint; intimation:
They hadn't given us an inkling of what was going to happen.
2.
a vague idea or notion; slight understanding:
They didn't have an inkling of how the new invention worked.
Origin:
1505–15;
obsolete
inkle
to hint (
Middle English
inklen
) +
-ing
1
;
akin to
Old English
inca
suspicion
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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Example Sentences
The first
inkling
of financial difficulties in here surfaced in the chow hall.
Punters typically have no
inkling
of where their meal was caught.
But the inspector's sixth sense went off, and he had the
inkling
that something wasn't legitimate about the deal.
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The first
inkling
of financial difficulties in here surfaced in the chow hall.
Punters typically have no
inkling
of where their meal was caught.
But the inspector's sixth sense went off, and he had the
inkling
that something wasn't legitimate about the deal.
But otherwise you have no
inkling
that the face is there, even though your left eye has been staring at it for many minutes.
Inkling
is an iPad app that turns textbooks into bite-sized, illustrated, interactive pieces of media.
But it's a safe bet that hundreds, perhaps thousands, of employees saw some red flags or had an
inkling
that something was awry.
Yet it stretches credulity for the party to say that it had no
inkling
.
Gorman seems to have spent his last seven days as if he had some
inkling
of what was to come.
But other investors have an
inkling
that many big programs will eventually be written the open-source way.
The lyrics are full of noble sentiment, if occasionally touched by an
inkling
of longing or romantic disappointment.
Schumpeter had an
inkling
of this process but did not go far enough.
Eisner has given an
inkling
about what his next chapter as a business executive will.
He was also invited to departmental meetings, so he had some
inkling
of what was going on in the department.
And when he did, he had no
inkling
how big his pet project would get, he said.
Inkling
consists of a special ink pen and a detector device which digitizes anything.
No one with an
inkling
of the amount of art being produced can fail to appreciate the heroism of such an effort.
Candidates should have some
inkling
of who is on the committee and what the campus/department/school are like.
Unless you had seen it, you would have no
inkling
of what had taken place during the night.
Brindel said his first
inkling
of the attack was a warning cry from a sailor posted above as a lookout.
So, from the first
inkling
of an idea until submission can be a year or two for me.
It was the cipher of a child, giving no real
inkling
of what could drive someone so young to suicide.
Inkling
consists of a special ink pen and a detector device which digitizes.
Riley said they had no
inkling
that he had been involved in the attack or was being investigated by the authorities for murder.
Haussler and some colleagues had an
inkling
that the convergence of information technology and biology would be crucial.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
inkling
(ˈɪŋklɪŋ)
—
n
a slight intimation or suggestion; suspicion
[C14: probably from
inclen
to hint at; related to Old English
inca
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
inkling
c.1400, apparently from the gerund of M.E. verb inclen "utter in an undertone" (mid-14c.), which perhaps is related to O.E. inca "doubt, suspicion."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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