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hint
English
Etymology
From Middle English hinten, hynten, variant of henten (“to lay hold of, catch”), from Old English hentan (“to seize, grasp”), from Proto-Germanic *hantijan?. More at hent. Related to hunt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
hint (plural hints)
- A clue.
- A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
- A small, barely detectable amount of.
- (computing) 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; an instance of hinting.
- (obsolete) An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- I, not remembering how I cried out then, / Will cry it o'er again: it is a hint / That wrings mine eyes to't.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
Synonyms
- (small amount): see also Thesaurus:modicum.
Descendants
Translations
Verb
hint (third-person singular simple present hints, present participle hinting, simple past and past participle hinted)
- (intransitive) To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
- She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes.
- (transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
- to hint a suspicion
- We shall not describe this tragical scene too fully; but we thought ourselves obliged, by that historic integrity which we profess, shortly to hint a matter which we would otherwise have been glad to have spared.
- (transitive) To develop and add hints to a font.
- The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:allude
Translations
Anagrams
- Nith, thin, thin'
Danish
Etymology 1
From English hint
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?hen?d?]
Noun
hint n (singular definite hintet, plural indefinite hint or hints)
- hint, clue
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?hi?nd?], [hind?]
Pronoun
hint
- neuter singular of hin
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowing from English hint.
Pronunciation
Noun
hint f or m (plural hints, diminutive hintje n)
- hint
Synonyms
- aanwijzing
See also
- tip
Verb
hint
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of hinten
- imperative of hinten
Hungarian
Etymology
From an unattested stem of unknown origin + -t (causative suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?hint]
- Hyphenation: hint
- Rhymes: -int
Verb
hint
- (transitive) to scatter, sprinkle (to cause a substance to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance))
- Synonyms: szór, hullat
Conjugation
Derived terms
- hintés
(With verbal prefixes):
References
Further reading
- hint in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English hint.
Noun
hint n (definite singular hintet, indefinite plural hint, definite plural hinta or hintene)
- a hint
- 2014, "Grepet av deg" by Sylvia Day, Bastion Forlag ?ISBN [3]
- 2014, "Grepet av deg" by Sylvia Day, Bastion Forlag ?ISBN [3]
References
- “hint” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “hint” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English hint.
Noun
hint n (definite singular hintet, indefinite plural hint, definite plural hinta)
- a hint
References
- “hint” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English hunten, from Old English huntian.
Verb
hint
- hunt
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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whiff
English
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /w?f/
- Rhymes: -?f
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
whiff (plural whiffs)
- A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air
- An odour carried briefly through the air
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 2
- A whiff of rotten eggs had vanquished the pale clouded yellows which came pelting across the orchard and up Dods Hill and away on to the moor […]
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 2
- A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
- (figuratively) A slight sign of something; a glimpse.
- 2012, Ben Smith, Leeds United 2-1 Everton [1]
- This was a rare whiff of the big-time for a club whose staple diet became top-flight football for so long—the glamour was in short supply, however. Thousands of empty seats and the driving Yorkshire rain saw to that.
- 2012, Frank Underwood, House of Cards
- I can tell you first-hand that we are dealing with a regime that is not being forthright and will seize upon the faintest whiff of trepidation. This is a test to see how far they can push us before we breake.
- 2012, Ben Smith, Leeds United 2-1 Everton [1]
- (baseball) A strike (from the batter’s perspective)
- (golf) An attempted shot that completely misses the ball.
- The megrim, a fish: Lepidorhombus boscii or Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis.
Derived terms
- anglefin whiff
- horned whiff
- sand whiff
- Veracruz whiff
- whiffy
Synonyms
- (a movement of air): puff, waft
- (a brief odour): sniff
Translations
Verb
whiff (third-person singular simple present whiffs, present participle whiffing, simple past and past participle whiffed)
- (transitive) To waft; to throw out in whiffs.
- 1918, Charles Wellington Furlong, "Climbing the Shoulders of Atlas", in Harper's Monthly Magazine, page 433:
- […] to face the same bitter, westerly wind which searched our marrow as it tore over the world. It whiffed by us steam and sulphurous vapors from the caldron […]
- 1918, Charles Wellington Furlong, "Climbing the Shoulders of Atlas", in Harper's Monthly Magazine, page 433:
- To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.
- 1620, Ben Jonson, News from the New World Discovered in the Moon
- Old Empedocles, […] who, when he leaped into Etna, having a dry, sear body, and light, the smoke took him, and whift him up into the moon.
- 1620, Ben Jonson, News from the New World Discovered in the Moon
- (colloquial) To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.
- (transitive) To sniff.
- 1891, "A Grain of Gold", in The Arena, page 631:
- [He], going farther away, whiffed at the pleasant odor of the grape blooms, waved his hand to the roses, in farewell, perhaps, lifted his face […]
- 1891, "A Grain of Gold", in The Arena, page 631:
- To consume in whiffs; to puff.
- 1914, Eva Emery Dye, The Conquest: The True Story of Lewis and Clark, page 90:
- There was silence as they whiffed at the council pipes. Then a tall chief arose and glanced at the handful of whites and at his own three hundred along the walls of the council house.
- 1914, Eva Emery Dye, The Conquest: The True Story of Lewis and Clark, page 90:
- To miss:
- (intransitive, baseball) To strike out.
- (golf) To miss the ball completely.
- (slang) To attempt to strike and miss, especially being off-balance/vulnerable after missing.
- (slang) To fail spectacularly at a task.
- (slang, dated, transitive) To kill; to assassinate.
- 1944, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman, The Big Sleep (screenplay)
- The trouble is he wasn't alone when you whiffed him.
- 1944, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman, The Big Sleep (screenplay)
Translations
Adjective
whiff (comparative more whiff, superlative most whiff)
- (colloquial) Having a strong or unpleasant odor.
- 2002: Jim Rozen, Way oil in rec.crafts.metalworking
- Whoo boy that gear oil is pretty whiff. If you actually do this, spend the extra money for the synthetic gear oil as it will not have as bad a sulfur stink as the regular stuff.
- 2002: Jim Rozen, Way oil in rec.crafts.metalworking
Translations
Derived terms
- whiffle
Etymology 2
Related to whip.
Verb
whiff (third-person singular simple present whiffs, present participle whiffing, simple past and past participle whiffed)
- To fish with a handline.
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