Hint
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
hint
n 1: an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever
touched her" [syn: {hint}, {intimation}, {breath}]
2: a slight indication [syn: {hint}, {clue}]
3: a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch
of garlic" [syn: {touch}, {hint}, {tinge}, {mite}, {pinch},
{jot}, {speck}, {soupcon}]
4: a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of
an accent" [syn: {trace}, {hint}, {suggestion}]
5: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the
stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn: {tip}, {lead},
{steer}, {confidential information}, {wind}, {hint}]
v 1: drop a hint; intimate by a hint [syn: {hint}, {suggest}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hint \Hint\ (h[i^]nt), 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.
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Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike. --Pope.
Syn: To suggest; intimate; insinuate; imply.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hint \Hint\, v. i.
To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to
allude vaguely to something.
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We whisper, and hint, and chuckle. --Tennyson.
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{To hint at}, to allude to lightly, indirectly, or
cautiously.
Syn: To allude; refer; glance; touch.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hint \Hint\, n.
A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a
suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or
explanation; also, an occasion or motive.
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Our hint of woe
Is common. --Shak.
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The hint malevolent, the look oblique. --Hannah More.
Syn: Suggestion; allusion. See {Suggestion}.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
260 Moby Thesaurus words for "hint":
admonishment, admonition, adumbrate, adumbration, advert, advice,
aide-memoire, alarm, allegorize, allegory, allude, allude to,
allusion, angle, arcane meaning, argue, assistance, assume,
assumption, augur, bare suggestion, be indicative of,
be significant of, be symptomatic of, beg, bespeak, betoken,
bid fair, breath, bring to mind, broad hint, cast, catchword,
caution, caveat, characterization, characterize, clue, coax,
coloration, connotation, connote, cue, cue word, dash, denominate,
denomination, denotation, denote, designation, deterrent example,
differentiate, differentiation, direction, disclose, disclosure,
display, divine, drop a hint, entail, evidence, example, express,
expression, final notice, final warning, fingering, fish, flapper,
foreshadow, foretoken, gentle hint, gesture, give a hint,
give evidence, give prospect of, give the cue, give token,
glance at, gleam, glimmer, glimmering, half an idea, hazy idea,
help, highlight, hint at, hold out hope, hot lead, idea,
identification, identify, implicate, implication, implied meaning,
imply, import, importune, impression, index, indicate, indication,
indicativeness, infer, inference, infusion, inkling, innuendo,
insinuate, insinuation, inspiration, intimate, intimation, involve,
ironic suggestion, jogger, key, key word, kick, lead, lesson, lick,
look, make fair promise, make likely, manifest, manifestation,
mark, mean, mean to say, meaning, memorandum, mention, mere notion,
metaphorical sense, monition, moral, naming, nod, note, notice,
notification, notion, nuance, nudge, object lesson, occult meaning,
overtone, particle, picking out, plead, point indirectly to,
point to, pointer, pointing, pointing out, pointing to, prefigure,
preindicate, presign, presignal, presignify, press, presume,
presumption, presuppose, presupposition, pretypify, promise,
prompt, prompter, prompting, raise expectation, refer, remembrance,
remembrancer, reminder, reveal, sauce, scent, scintilla, seasoning,
seek, selection, shade, shadow, shadow forth, show, showing, sign,
signal, signification, signify, sip, smack, smattering, smell,
sneaking suspicion, solicit, soupcon, spark, specification, spell,
spice, spoor, sprinkling, stand fair to, stand for, strain, streak,
subsense, subsidiary sense, suggest, suggestion, sup, suppose,
supposition, suspicion, symbolism, symptom, symptomaticness,
symptomatize, symptomize, taint, take for granted, taste, telltale,
tempering, testify, thought, threat, tickler, tinct, tincture,
tinge, tint, tip, tip off, tip-off, token, touch, trace, track,
trifle, twang, typify, ultimatum, undercurrent, undermeaning,
undertone, vague idea, vein, verbum sapienti, vestige, warning,
warning piece, whiff, whisper, wind, wink
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