tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint
(noun) an indication of potential opportunity; “he got a tip on the stock market”; “a good lead for a job”
hint, clue
(noun) a slight indication
hint, intimation, breath
(noun) an indirect suggestion; “not a breath of scandal ever touched her”
trace, hint, tint, suggestion
(noun) a just detectable amount; “he speaks French with a trace of an accent”; “a hint mockery in her manner”; “a tint of glamour”
touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon
(noun) a slight but appreciable amount; “this dish could use a touch of garlic”
hint, suggest
(verb) drop a hint; intimate by a hint
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hint (plural hints)
A clue.
A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
A small, barely detectable amount of.
(computing) Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting.
(obsolete) An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
• (small amount): see also modicum.
hint (third-person singular simple present hints, present participle hinting, simple past and past participle hinted)
(intransitive) To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
(transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
(transitive) To develop and add hints to a font.
• See also allude
• Nith, thin, thin'
Source: Wiktionary
Hint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hinting.] Etym: [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. sq. root36. Cf. Hent.]
Definition: 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.
Definition: 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.
Definition: 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 M
Syn.
– Suggestion; allusion. See Suggestion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.