hint
/hɪnt/ verb C2- To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue. · She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes.
- To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner. · to hint a suspicion
- To develop and add hints to a font. · The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens.
He/she/it hints · Past hinted · Past participle hinted · -ing form hinting
Verb forms
- Base form
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- He/she/it
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- Past
- hinted
- Past participle
- hinted
- -ing form
- hinting
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This gave the Lion a hint of the best way to attack the creature, and as he knew it was easier to fight it asleep than awake, he gave a great spring and landed directly upon the monster’s back.
“But if you mean to hint that it could reflect in any way upon this lady’s honour”—his eyes blazed for an instant, and then with an evident effort he got a grip upon his own emotions—“well, you are on the wrong track, that’s all.”
It may be that I am myself at fault for not following up the hint which you conveyed to me through my friend, Dr.
That look he gave me when he went out said everything he said or hinted last night over again.
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