v. t.
Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike. Pope.
v. i. To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something. [ 1913 Webster ]
We whisper, and hint, and chuckle. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
To hint at,
n. A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive. [ 1913 Webster ]
Our hint of woe
Is common. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The hint malevolent, the look oblique. Hannah More.
n. [ G.; hinter behind + land land. ] a remote and undeveloped area; originally, 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.
adv. In a hinting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]