HINTS
Noun
hints
plural of hint
Verb
hints
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hint
Anagrams
• hist. n., thins, this'n
Source: Wiktionary
HINT
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