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What (who) is Hint - definition
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HINT; Hinted; HINTS; Hint (disambiguation); Hints
hint
¦ noun
1. a slight or indirect indication.
a very small trace.
2. a small piece of practical information.
¦ verb indicate indirectly.
?(hint at) be a slight indication of.
Origin
C17 (in the sense 'occasion, opportunity'): appar. from obs. hent 'to grasp', from OE hentan, of Gmc origin; related to hunt.
hint
(hints, hinting, hinted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A hint is a suggestion about something that is made in an indirect way.
The Minister gave a strong hint that the government were thinking of introducing tax concessions for mothers...
I'd dropped a hint about having an exhibition of his work up here...
N-COUNT: oft N that
•
If you take a hint, you understand something that is suggested to you indirectly.
'I think I hear the telephone ringing.'-'Okay, I can take a hint.'
PHRASE: V inflects
2.
If you hint at something, you suggest it in an indirect way.
She suggested a trip to the shops and hinted at the possibility of a treat of some sort...
The President hinted he might make some changes in the government.
VERB: V at n, V that
3.
A hint is a helpful piece of advice, usually about how to do something.
Here are some helpful hints to make your journey easier...
= tip
N-COUNT: usu supp N
4.
A hint of something is a very small amount of it.
She added only a hint of vermouth to the gin...
= trace
N-SING: N of n
HINT
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Wikipedia
Hint
Hint and similar may refer to:
- Hint (musician), musician Jonathan James from Sussex, England
- Hint (SQL), a feature of the SQL computer language
- Hint Water, a beverage company from San Francisco, California
- Aadu Hint (1910–1989), Estonian writer
- Font hinting, a process for optimizing the rasterization of vectors
- Hints, Shropshire, a location in England
- Hints, Staffordshire, a village in Staffordshire, England
- Motorola Hint QA30, a mobile phone introduced by Motorola
Examples of use of Hint
1. No hint of a diva that might come with such legendary fame, no hint of bitterness of the life endured.
2. Ministers continued yesterday to hint at concessions.
3. Any hint of ambivalence makes everyone uncomfortable.
4. "Oh, no!" She said with just a hint of disappointment.
5. "There was no hint whatsoever of a cut," he said.