Meaning of hint in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A clue.

  Example: I needed a hint to complete the crossword.

• A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.

  Example: He gave me a hint that my breath smelt.

• A small, barely detectable amount of.

  Example: I could taste a hint of lemon in the wine.

• 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.

  Example: 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.

• An opportunity; occasion; fit time.

verb

• To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.

  Example: 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.

  Example: to hint a suspicion

• To develop and add hints to a font.

  Example: The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens.