hinting (countable and uncountable, plural hintings)
The act of giving a hint or suggestion.
(typography) A display adjustment for fonts on digital media, causing letters to be aligned with a rasterized grid.
• instructing
hinting
present participle of hint
• nithing
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
3 May 2024
(verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; “Don’t twist my words”
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