HINT


Meaning of HINT in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a glint/hint of mischief (= an expression that shows someone wants to play tricks )

There was a glint of mischief in her eyes.

a hint/trace of amusement (= a small amount in someone's eyes or voice )

Was there a hint of amusement in her voice?

a hint/trace of an accent

I could detect the hint of a German accent in her voice.

a hint/trace/flicker of emotion (= a very small sign that someone feels an emotion )

I thought I saw a flicker of emotion in his eyes.

a hint/whiff of scandal (= the suggestion that someone may be involved in a scandal )

He vowed that no hint of scandal would ever be attached to him.

a whiff/hint of perfume (= a very slight smell of perfume )

As she lifted the letter, she caught the faintest hint of perfume.

helpful advice/hints/suggestions etc

Our sales staff are there to give you helpful advice.

hint/trace/edge/touch of sarcasm

There was just a touch of sarcasm in her voice.

subtle hint

The dish had a subtle hint of ginger.

trace/hint/touch of irony

Wagner calls his program ‘the worst talk show in America,’ without a hint of irony.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

handy

Readers with humorous computing tales or handy hints are welcome to write to Fatal Dos Error at the usual address.

None of them ever enlivened maths lessons with a few handy hints about alternative sexuality.

Here to get you started are a few ... Practical pointers and handy hints 1 Think about your class and year group.

Practical pointers and handy hints 1 Don't feel a failure if you've never had a boyfriend or girlfriend.

heavy

Despite my misgivings, I dropped heavy hints at home.

helpful

Do we ever see articles or helpful hints aimed at us?

Beyond these guidelines, there are plenty of helpful hints to keep you on a low-fat track.

The lads, as always, were on the phone all week with helpful hints .

They were extremely receptive to the helpful hints offered by advice magazines, which were proliferating at the time.

An instruction book is included in the box, with helpful hints and suggestions for projects.

They actually like having a bloke in the passenger seat offering helpful hints at the top of his voice?

This newspaper contains many helpful hints on job seeking as well as lots of varied and interesting job vacancies.

Here, instead are some helpful hints: 1.

little

There is little or no hint of the compassion and humanity which lay beneath the cool exterior.

There are no laughs in Little Altars Everywhere, nothing picturesque, and very little hint that sisterhood cures all.

But today there is little hint of Allison's old Champagne Charlie image.

merest

You only need type the merest hint of innuendo into a search engine to come face to face with a porno advert.

He was shirtless, had the merest hint of a moustache and smiled easily.

The weather was warm and sunny, with the merest hint of a breeze.

There was the merest hint of vulnerability in the urgency of his need for her.

And about the closed lips is the merest hint of a Mona Lisa smile.

Yet it is the merest hint of hope in a story of otherwise unbroken tragedy.

slight

The slightest hint of trouble over the weekend brought a massive response from fleets of police cars.

Crisp, without the slightest hint of being greasy, it both crunches and melts in your mouth.

At the slightest hint of sloth, cross them off your list.

The slightest hint of militancy was enough to bar a group from being funded.

She searched his face for just the slightest hint that there might be the chance of some give in his rigidity.

But Gordon answered that one, too, betraying only the slightest hint of impatience.

But that does not breed the slightest hint of complacency as the 31-year-old Ballinascreen clubman prepares for the All Ireland final.

It tasted yeasty, with a slight hint of effervescence, and began almost instantly to produce a slow easing of inhibitions.

subtle

It can be anything from a rich and succulent casserole to a stir fry recipe with a subtle hint of the Orient.

He was apparently out of favor with the judges, some of whom had dropped subtle hints that Galindo should move on.

My subtle and not-so-subtle hints to the neighbor did not seem to produce results.

Pictorial representations of women can carry all kinds of subtle hints and messages, can indeed convey a whole world-view of meaning.

And, despite numerous subtle hints - like hiding his desk and computer - he still won't leave us alone.

useful

This exciting volume is packed with useful hints such as these.

Even organizers of interlaboratory comparisons will find here useful hints for their evaluation strategy.

The third screen gives some useful hints and tips for searching the database.

vague

The brain drifts back to full consciousness now that there is a vague hint of light spreading across the eastern sky.

What we have are some rather vague hints in later sources.

Homemade pizzas often lack even a vague hint of authenticity.

Vincent had up to then only given vague hints about his relationship with Sien.

■ VERB

drop

They managed to see Maeda who dropped hints and told them to be circumspect.

He was apparently out of favor with the judges, some of whom had dropped subtle hints that Galindo should move on.

Little by little he dropped hints , but no details.

Occasionally he dropped hints on this matter to Gina.

Despite my misgivings, I dropped heavy hints at home.

But sometimes, the trash drops a hint to a waiter.

He assured me he hadn't mentioned the glass to anyone, hadn't dropped any hints .

give

It therefore gives little hint of what makes its author so extraordinary a figure.

A good reporter, given a mere hint of the existence of a story, will pursue it to the end.

After a spell of this, during which he gave no hint of moving, Rain decided to escape.

But he has given no hint he views a race in 2000 any more favorably than in 1996.

Dana had given no hint of where they were going.

As of Wednesday, the doctors were giving no hint of when Camby could return to the top-ranked Minutemen.

Let me give you a hint .

Earlier writers had given hints of the rewards that lay in store for those who followed this intellectual path.

offer

They actually like having a bloke in the passenger seat offering helpful hints at the top of his voice?

Usually more flavorful than red bell peppers, pimientos offer a hint of heat.

The Olympic trials could also offer a hint of things to come.

provide

Specific attention is given to providing advice or hints and tips in addressing problems, especially for instrument operation.

The settlement of the barbarians was plainly varied, and our sources provide only a hint of its complexities.

This book provides some hint of insight into his quest of self-discovery.

The Dennis case in the United States provides us with a hint as to how departures from constitutional principle may be explained.

show

He has behaved wilfully and erratically, and shows no hint of getting a grip on the country's problems.

That would show at least a hint of what the flow it-self looked like.

Writers were pleased that the group showed no hint of compromise but lamented on the record's lack of pop muscle.

Had it shown even a hint of success, the insecticide surely would have been applied wholesale.

Can you imagine a male presenter wearing peek-a-boo boxer shorts showing more than a hint of his you-know-what?

take

Why not simply take the hint and turn his back on the village once and for all?

So he picked him up and took hint off the rubber runner and set him down on the sidewalk.

He wouldn't take the hint , though.

Miguel was never very good at taking hints .

The next day he accompanied Baldwin back to London, and upon arrival took hint to his house in Westminster.

Feffer in the furious whirling of his spirit took hint for a fixed point.

If she couldn't take hints he would tell her he had somebody else.

James didn't seem disposed to take the hint .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

broad hint

drop a hint

I've dropped a few hints about what I want for my birthday.

My mother dropped several hints about us wallpapering her sitting room.

She kept dropping hints about her birthday, just to make sure none of us forgot about it.

But sometimes, the trash drops a hint to a waiter.

Little by little he dropped hints, but no details.

Occasionally he dropped hints on this matter to Gina.

They managed to see Maeda who dropped hints and told them to be circumspect.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a wine that tastes of blackcurrants with just a hint of vanilla

His comments were a clear hint that tax rises might be necessary.

You might notice a hint of brandy in the sauce.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

After all, if you happened to be next him after dinner for ten minutes, he would get invaluable hints.

For young women in particular, the message conveyed is that of elegance, poise, and perhaps a hint of luxury.

She spoke amiably, yet with the least hint of dismissal in her voice.

She wears anachronistic styles as though they were the latest fashion, with no hint of nostalgia.

Sometimes other hints of friendship between men from different elements of the connection survive.

Teacher's notes give practical hints on developing reading skills, together with ideas for implementing play-reading in class.

Their outward appearance gives no hint as to the wealth of amazing finds that have come from local beaches in the past.

There were hints before the local elections, rumours of some sort of relaunch of the Left.

II. verb

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

broad hint

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Harry hinted that his friendship with Mona might have contributed to his marriage break-up.

The President hinted at the possibility of military action.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

As Ehrlich hints, wild life resembles that strange loop of the Uroborus biting its tail, consuming itself.

But abortion-rights elements of the party hinted they may still try to amend or delete the abortion language.

Nadine had been unable to tell her exactly but had done a good deal of hinting.

Part of his input is to hint at new things I might write.

Past the strategies, how can the joys of reading and writing be even hinted at in the Basics Skills For ever classroom?

Republicans hinted at a willingness to shave their net tax cuts to about $ 177 billion over seven years.

Simon and John hinted that he was preoccupied, but in fan he was downright bloody rude, and everybody knew it.

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