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hinter
Variant of 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
transitive verb
to give a hint of; suggest indirectly; intimate
intransitive verb
to make a hint or hints
Related Forms:
- hinter noun
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