Hint
noun
- 1.
- (a slight indication, indirect suggestion) give me a hint ពាក្យប្រលយ, hint of garlic ជាតិបន្ដិចបន្ដួច
Example: She coughed to give him the hint that he should go. - 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ការណែនាំ ព្រលយពាក្យ
verb — past tense: hinted ; past participle: hinted ; present participle: hinting ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) ~ (at something) (to give a hint (of), to suggest or refer to in a roundabout, to allude to indirectly) ប្រលយពាក្យ, រឺហុចសំដី, ប្រកាស, ពាក្យបញ្ឆៀង, ដាម
Example: She was hinting that she wanted a new one, drop (give) a hint, with a hint of suspicion.
Example: She has already hinted (to me) that I've won the prize.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive.
verb — past tense: hinted ; past participle: hinted ; present participle: hinting ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something.
- 1.
- advert, allude, foreshadow, imply, infer, insinuate, intimate, mention, prompt, refer, suggest
- 2.
- allusion, clue, cur, implication, inference, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, reference, taste, tip, trace
- 1.
- declare, demonstrate, specify, state
- 2.
- affirmation, declaration, statement