Hint, v. i. To make an indirect
reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to
something.
We whisper, and hint, and chuckle.
Tennyson.
To hint at, to allude to lightly,
indirectly, or cautiously.
Syn. -- To allude; refer; glance; touch.
Hint, n. A remote allusion; slight
mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a
full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or
motive.
Our hint of woe
Is common.
Shak.
The hint malevolent, the look oblique.
Hannah More.
Syn. -- Suggestion; allusion. See Suggestion.
Hint (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Hinted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hinting.] [OE. henten, hinten, to seize, to
catch, AS. hentan to pursue, take, seize; or Icel. ymta
to mutter, ymtr a muttering, Dan. ymte to whisper.
√36. Cf. Hent.] To bring to mind by a slight
mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to
hint a suspicion.
Just hint a fault and hesitate
dislike.
Pope.
Syn. -- To suggest; intimate; insinuate; imply.