Syn.
— To suggest; intimate; insinuate; imply.
HINT
Hint, v. i.
Defn: 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
Hint, n.
Defn: 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 M
Syn.
— Suggestion; allusion. See Suggestion.
HINTERLAND
Hin"ter*land`, n. [G.; hinter behind + land land.]
Defn: The land or region lying behind the coast district. The term is used esp. with reference to the so-called doctrine of the hinterland, sometimes advanced, that occupation of the coast supports a claim to an exclusive right to occupy, from time to time, the territory lying inland of the coast.
HINTINGLY
Hint"ing*ly, adv.