hint

Meaning of hint

noun
  1. A clue.
    I needed a hint to complete the crossword.
  2. A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
    He gave me a hint that my breath smelt.
  3. A small, barely detectable amount of.
    I could taste a hint of lemon in the wine.
  4. 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.
    This font does not scale well; at small point sizes it has no hinting at all, and the hints that it has for the 10- and 12-point letter 'g' still need work.
  5. An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
verb
  1. To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
    She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes.
  2. To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
    to hint a suspicion
  3. 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.

Information about hint

  • The plural form of hint is: hints.
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Hyphenation of hint

hint

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • hint is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

hint synonyms

Meaning intimation:

intimation, breath

Meaning clue:

clue

Meaning touch:

touch, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck

Meaning trace:

trace, suggestion

Meaning tip:

tip, lead, steer, wind

Meaning suggest:

suggest

Anagrams of hint

Thin, thin

Words that rhyme with hint

ahint, chint, behint, underhint

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