n.
- a slight or indirect indication.
▸a very small trace.
- a small piece of practical information.
v.
indicate indirectly.
▸
(hint at)
be a slight indication of.
Etymology
C17 (in the sense ‘occasion, opportunity’): appar. from obs. hent ‘to grasp’, from OE hentan, of Gmc origin; rel. to hunt.