How to pronounce “hint”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A clue.
• An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
• A small, barely detectable amount.
• (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.
• (databases) An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
• (obsolete) An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
• [Verb]
• (intransitive) To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
• (transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
• (transitive) To develop and add hints to a font.
• [Interjection]
• (often reduplicated) Signifies that something previously said should be taken as a hint or heeded closely.

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