Meaning

4 senses
  1. (intransitive)To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue.

    She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes.

    andeuten

    подсказатьpodskazatʹ, подсказыватьpodskazyvatʹ

  2. (transitive)To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.

    to hint a suspicion

    andeuten

    намека́тьnamekátʹ, намекну́тьnameknútʹ

    натяка́тиnatjakáty, натякну́тиnatjaknúty, намека́тиnamekáty

  3. (transitive)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.

  4. (nonstandard, transitive)To give (a person) a hint; to tip off.

    If you find the treasure in the video game, please do not hint other players about it.

More definitions
  • drop a hint; intimate by a hint

Examples

175 sentences
  1. Is that a hint?

    Це натяк? — triantafillou

    ruЭто намёк? — Olya

    deIst das ein Wink? — raggione

  2. We can take a hint.

    Ми розуміємо натяк. — deniko

  3. Give me a hint.

    Натякни мені. — deniko

    ruНамекни мне. — sharptoothed

    deGib mir einen Tipp. — enteka

  4. Thanks for the hint.

    Дякую за пораду. — shanghainese

    ruСпасибо за совет. — marafon

    deDanke für den Hinweis! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. What are you hinting at?

    На що Ви натякаєте? — Internecivus

    ruНа что Вы намекаете? — Olya

    deWas willst du damit andeuten? — ysmalan

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
express suggestively:
Русский
By meaning 2
provide a clue:
express suggestively:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
provide a clue:

Origin

From Middle English hinten, hynten, variant of henten (“to lay hold of, catch”), from Old

From Middle English hinten, hynten, variant of henten (“to lay hold of, catch”), from Old English hentan (“to seize, grasp”), from Proto-West Germanic *hantijan, from Proto-Germanic *hantijaną. Doublet of hent. Related also to hunt.

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Forms

hints, hinting, hinted, hinted
Base formhint · to hint
3rd person singularhints
Present participlehinting
Past simplehinted
Past participlehinted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhint
he, she, ithints

Past simpleLesson

all personshinted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hinted
he, she, ithas hinted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hint

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • drop a hint; intimate by a hint:suggest

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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