Meaning of HINT
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- [n] an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
- [n] a slight indication
- [n] an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her"
- [n] a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"
- [n] a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
- [v] drop a hint; intimate by a hint
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| | Synonyms: | | breath, clue, confidential information, intimation, jot, lead, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, steer, suggest, suggestion, tinge, tip, touch, trace, wind |
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| | See Also: | | adumbrate, advert, allude, clue in, convey, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction, guidance, impart, indicant, indication, insinuate, intimate, proffer, proposition, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, snuff, spark, suggestion, touch | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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\, 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\, 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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| | Definition: | | Hierarchical Information NeTs. A language for the CDC 3600. ["HINT: A Graph Processing Language", R.D. Hart, Michigan State U, Apr 1970]. |
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