hint
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Is hint a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (computing) Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering; an instance of hinting.Examples: "This font does not scale well to small sizes; the hints for the 10-point letter 'g' still need work."
2. (databases) An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
3. (obsolete) An opportunity; occasion; fit time.Examples: "I, not remembering how I cried out then, / Will cry it o'er again: it is a hint / That wrings mine eyes to't."Synonyms: chance, momentobsolete
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue.Examples: "She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes."; "I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity."intransitive
2. (transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.Examples: "to hint a suspicion"; "VVilling to vvound, and yet afraid to ſtrike, / Juſt hint a fault and heſitate diſlike; […]"; "We shall not describe this tragical scene too fully; but we thought ourselves obliged, by that historic integrity which we profess, shortly to hint a matter which we would otherwise have been glad to have spared."transitive
3. (transitive) To develop and add hints to a font.Examples: "The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens."transitive
intj (English)
1. (often reduplicated) Signifies that something previously said should be taken as a hint or heeded closely.Examples: "And yes, as long as you are being a good coder and engaging in safe practices, nothing should go wrong. (Hint, hint.)"oftenreduplication
Definition source: Wiktionary