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hinting

/ˈhɪntɪŋ/

hinting noun: the act of giving a hint or suggestion. Also the present participle and gerund of hint.

Noun

hinting (countable and uncountable, plural hintings)

  1. The act of giving a hint or suggestion.
    • Risa herself was questioned, as she expected, but the ladies took their cue from Marie and appeared content with her somewhat short answers, even when she only turned her gaze downward and blushed at the hintings at her betrothal.2009, Sarah Zettel, In Camelot's Shadow
  2. The process of adding hints to a computer-based font in order to align the glyphs to a rasterized grid at specific sizes in a visually appealing manner.

Also used as

hinting is also the present participle and gerund of hint.

Forms of hinting

pluralhintings

Words formed from hinting

Words that rhyme with hinting

Questions about hinting

What does hinting mean?
Hinting means the act of giving a hint or suggestion.
What part of speech is hinting?
Hinting is a noun.
How do you pronounce hinting?
Hinting is pronounced /ˈhɪntɪŋ/.
What is the plural of hinting?
The plural of hinting is hintings.

Words near hinting in the dictionary

  1. Hinthada
  2. Hinthi
  3. Hintikka set
  4. Hintikka sets
  5. Hintikkian
  6. hinting
  7. hintingly
  8. hintings
  9. hintline
  10. Hinton
  11. Hinton Charterhouse

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