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[ verb ] drop a hint; intimate by a hint
Synonyms Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)If W._W . 's retiring soon , as hinted , he ai n't talking - yet . (Chicago Daily Tribune,...)The fact that secrets of the Dreadnought , and thereby of the American undersea fleet , were involved in the spy case had been hinted at earlier . (Time, 77: 3...)Frankie was fairly glutted with ideas , as he had hinted upon his arrival : `` It 's really tremendous when you think Ella_Fitzgerald is coming from Australia . (Kenneth Scott Latourette, Christianity in a Revolutiona...)We have already hinted at the fashion in_which Christianity contributed to education and so to intellectual life . (Charles Glicksberg, "Sex in Contemporary Literature"...)Hemingway 's fiction is supported by a `` moral '' backbone and in its search for ultimate meaning hints at a religious dimension . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a slight indication
Synonyms Used in print (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)He could think_of nothing else to tell them : no assurances , no hopeful hints at great discoveries that day . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an indirect suggestion
Synonyms Examples "not a breath of scandal ever touched her" Used in print (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)He immediately rode on to Cheyenne , threw a ten day drinking spree and dropped some very strong hints among friends . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a just detectable amount
Synonyms Examples "he speaks French with a trace of an accent" Related terms |
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