Results for hint

Definitions of hint:

part of speech: noun

A suggestion; distant allusion.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To make an indirect or remote allusion: to allude.

part of speech: verb transitive

To suggest; mention casually.

part of speech: noun

A distant allusion; slight mention or reference.

part of speech: verb

To bring to mind by a slight intimation; to suggest; to allude to distantly; to imply.

part of speech: verb transitive

To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion: to allude to.

Usage examples for hint:

• And it wouldn't be a bad idea to drop a hint to any one you send that William Roper has got himself into serious trouble. "The Loudwater Mystery", Edgar Jepson

• Philip asked once more, unable to take the hint "The British Barbarians", Grant Allen

• I wonder if he would take the hint "Not Like Other Girls", Rosa N. Carey

• " I'll take the hint I said; then I left him. "Dawson Black: Retail Merchant", Harold Whitehead