hint
hint definition
hint (hint)
noun
- a slight indication of a fact, wish, etc.; indirect suggestion or piece of advice; intimation; covert allusion a hint that we should leave
- a very small amount or degree; trace a hint of spice
- Obsolete an occasion; opportunity
Etymology: prob. var. of hent
transitive verb
to give a hint of; suggest indirectly; intimate
intransitive verb
to make a hint or hints
Related Forms:
- hinter hint′er noun
hint Idioms
hint at
to suggest indirectly; intimate
take a hint
to perceive and act on a hint
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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