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hintings

/ˈhɪntɪŋz/

hintings is the plural of hinting.

Meaning of hinting

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.

Questions about hintings

What is hintings the plural of?
Hintings is the plural of hinting.
How do you pronounce hintings?
Hintings is pronounced /ˈhɪntɪŋz/.

Words near hintings in the dictionary

  1. Hintikka set
  2. Hintikka sets
  3. Hintikkian
  4. hinting
  5. hintingly
  6. hintings
  7. hintline
  8. Hinton
  9. Hinton Charterhouse
  10. Hinton on the Green
  11. Hinton St George

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