Definitions
drop a hint; intimate by a hint
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“I needed a hint to complete the crossword.”
“He gave me a hint that my breath smelt.”
“There was a hint of irony in his voice.”
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