Hint
noun
Small piece of information that helps you guess an answer or do something more easily.
Can you give me a hint about the surprise?
Often appears as...
- a gentle hint
- drop a hint
verb
To suggest something indirectly or secretly.
He hinted at the possibility of a strike.
Often appears as...
- hint at
- hint about
noun
A very small amount of something.
There's a hint of garlic in this dish.
Often appears as...
- hint of
- a hint
noun
Small piece of information that helps you guess an answer or do something more easily.
Can you give me a hint about the surprise?
Often appears as...
- a gentle hint
- drop a hint
verb
To suggest something indirectly or secretly.
He hinted at the possibility of a strike.
Often appears as...
- hint at
- hint about
noun
A very small amount of something.
There's a hint of garlic in this dish.
Often appears as...
- hint of
- a hint
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Context Clues
Look at surrounding words to understand the kind of hint being given; it often points to a solution.
The quiz had hints embedded in the questions.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtlety Matters
A hint shouldn't give away the answer entirely, but rather lead someone towards figuring it out.
The teacher's hint was just enough to spark an idea.
Pro Tip 3/3Conversation Aid
Hints can gently prompt someone to remember or consider something without being direct.
Her hint reminded him of the upcoming anniversary.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Clues
Look at surrounding words to understand the kind of hint being given; it often points to a solution.
The quiz had hints embedded in the questions.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtlety Matters
A hint shouldn't give away the answer entirely, but rather lead someone towards figuring it out.
The teacher's hint was just enough to spark an idea.
Pro Tip 3/3Conversation Aid
Hints can gently prompt someone to remember or consider something without being direct.
Her hint reminded him of the upcoming anniversary.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Clues
Look at surrounding words to understand the kind of hint being given; it often points to a solution.
The quiz had hints embedded in the questions.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtlety Matters
A hint shouldn't give away the answer entirely, but rather lead someone towards figuring it out.
The teacher's hint was just enough to spark an idea.
Pro Tip 3/3Conversation Aid
Hints can gently prompt someone to remember or consider something without being direct.
Her hint reminded him of the upcoming anniversary.
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Have you ever wondered how your dog experiences the world? Here's what she sees. Not terribly interesting. But what she smells, that's a totally different story. And it begins at her wonderfully developed nose. As your dog catches the first hints of fresh air,
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Where are all the...
four billion years of good weather -- ups and downs but more or less clement. But long-term climate stability is strange, if only because astronomical influences can push a planet towards freezing or frying. There's a hint our moon has helped,
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Why should you read...
and looks back through time for hints of these hidden histories. She wrote, "When one reads of a witch being ducked, of a woman possessed by devils, of a wise woman selling herbs, or even a very remarkable man who had a mother,
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Killer Cuckoo Catfish PIPE...
they'll ever know more irony the cichlid mom fails to sense the switch she treats the catfish as if they were her own scooping them up to protect them at the first hint of danger the catfish have
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Top 5 Slithering Snake...
cat-eyed snakes slink around the seasonal pools tasting the night air for the hint of newly laid frogspawn
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
catching but it seems he needs to do more generously she drops him a hint
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Nature's Greatest...
catching but it seems he needs to do more generously she drops him a hint
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The Life Story...
catching but it seems he needs to do more generously she drops him a hint
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The Bowerbird's Grand...
Generously, she drops him a hint.
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Heal your brain with...
looking for allies I need people to join forces with me we're looking for more resources because SuperBetter it's becoming a movement and basically I need help I need more than NIH funding hint hint anybody interested in helping J and you can find her in there that would be
Video examples
How do dogs "see" with...
Have you ever wondered how your dog experiences the world? Here's what she sees. Not terribly interesting. But what she smells, that's a totally different story. And it begins at her wonderfully developed nose. As your dog catches the first hints of fresh air,
Video examples
Where are all the...
four billion years of good weather -- ups and downs but more or less clement. But long-term climate stability is strange, if only because astronomical influences can push a planet towards freezing or frying. There's a hint our moon has helped,
Video examples
Why should you read...
and looks back through time for hints of these hidden histories. She wrote, "When one reads of a witch being ducked, of a woman possessed by devils, of a wise woman selling herbs, or even a very remarkable man who had a mother,
Video examples
Killer Cuckoo Catfish PIPE...
they'll ever know more irony the cichlid mom fails to sense the switch she treats the catfish as if they were her own scooping them up to protect them at the first hint of danger the catfish have
Video examples
Top 5 Slithering Snake...
cat-eyed snakes slink around the seasonal pools tasting the night air for the hint of newly laid frogspawn
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
catching but it seems he needs to do more generously she drops him a hint
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Nature's Greatest...
catching but it seems he needs to do more generously she drops him a hint
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The Life Story...
catching but it seems he needs to do more generously she drops him a hint
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The Bowerbird's Grand...
Generously, she drops him a hint.
Example 1 of 10
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Ben Miller
English Comedian
You can reveal yourself on stage in a way that you can't on TV. If you drop a character on TV, it's death. Each character has to be ruthlessly, faultlessly played. But live, you can hint at what's going on behind. You can let the audience in a bit and go off the script.
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Nancy Kress
American Writer
In one sense, every character you create will be yourself. You've never murdered, but your murderer's rage will be drawn from memories of your own extreme anger. Your love scenes will contain hints of your own past kisses and sweet moments.
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Thomas Kinkade
American Artist
The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting. I think getting beyond the four edges of an opportunity or challenge is one of the basic skills you need in business.
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Kerri Walsh Jennings
American Athlete
In this journey, the fear creeps in from time to time. The hint of that is there because there's an unknown factor to everything. That's true in everyone's life. I don't choose to live there; I let it spark me.
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Andrew Greeley
American Clergyman
Yet, if the most frequent sex and apparently the best sex is that between married partners who are faithful to one another, is there not a hint that affection might be an important aspect of sex? Even love?
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Jasmin Bhasin
Indian Actress
Honestly, it's a sad truth, but whenever a show is about to go off air, you start getting hints because the work environment and quality changes.
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Josiah Royce
American Philosopher
Of this our true individual life, our present life is a glimpse, a fragment, a hint, and in its best moments a visible beginning.
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Esther Williams
American Actress
Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home.
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Robert Frost
American Poet
The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.
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John Greenleaf Whittier
American Poet
It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.
Quote examples
Ben Miller
English Comedian
You can reveal yourself on stage in a way that you can't on TV. If you drop a character on TV, it's death. Each character has to be ruthlessly, faultlessly played. But live, you can hint at what's going on behind. You can let the audience in a bit and go off the script.
Quote examples
Nancy Kress
American Writer
In one sense, every character you create will be yourself. You've never murdered, but your murderer's rage will be drawn from memories of your own extreme anger. Your love scenes will contain hints of your own past kisses and sweet moments.
Quote examples
Thomas Kinkade
American Artist
The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting. I think getting beyond the four edges of an opportunity or challenge is one of the basic skills you need in business.
Quote examples
Kerri Walsh Jennings
American Athlete
In this journey, the fear creeps in from time to time. The hint of that is there because there's an unknown factor to everything. That's true in everyone's life. I don't choose to live there; I let it spark me.
Quote examples
Andrew Greeley
American Clergyman
Yet, if the most frequent sex and apparently the best sex is that between married partners who are faithful to one another, is there not a hint that affection might be an important aspect of sex? Even love?
Quote examples
Jasmin Bhasin
Indian Actress
Honestly, it's a sad truth, but whenever a show is about to go off air, you start getting hints because the work environment and quality changes.
Quote examples
Josiah Royce
American Philosopher
Of this our true individual life, our present life is a glimpse, a fragment, a hint, and in its best moments a visible beginning.
Quote examples
Esther Williams
American Actress
Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home.
Quote examples
Robert Frost
American Poet
The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.
Quote examples
John Greenleaf Whittier
American Poet
It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.
Example 1 of 10
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