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11inkling — [[t]ɪ̱ŋklɪŋ[/t]] inklings N COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n/wh, N that/wh If you have an inkling of something, you have a vague idea about it. I had no inkling of his real purpose until much later... We had an inkling that something might be… …
12inkling — noun have an inkling to have a slight idea about something: We had no inkling that he was leaving. | No one gave me the slightest inkling of what they were planning …
13inkling — UK [ˈɪŋklɪŋ] / US noun a slight idea or small piece of information that tells you that something might exist or be happening The first inkling that something was wrong came on Wednesday. have no inkling: I had no inkling how serious these… …
14inkling — noun Etymology: Middle English yngkiling whisper, mention, probably from inclen to hint at; akin to Old English inca suspicion Date: 1513 1. a slight indication or suggestion ; hint, clue < there was no path no inkling even of a track New Yorker… …
15inkling — /ingk ling/, n. 1. a slight suggestion or indication; hint; intimation: They hadn t given us an inkling of what was going to happen. 2. a vague idea or notion; slight understanding: They didn t have an inkling of how the new invention worked.… …
16inkling — ink•ling [[t]ˈɪŋk lɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) a slight suggestion; hint; intimation: They gave us no inkling of what was going to happen[/ex] 2) a vague idea or notion; slight understanding: I don t have an inkling of how it works[/ex] • Etymology: 1505–15;… …
17inkling — noun a) A slight suspicion or hint. Featuring a prominent and unique opening chord, the songs success provided the first inkling that The Beatles were not the one hit wonder some had suggested when they first came to America. mdash; b)… …
18inkling — noun I had no inkling of their intentions Syn: idea, notion, sense, impression, conception, suggestion, indication, whisper, glimmer; (sneaking) suspicion, fancy, hunch, feeling; hint, clue, intimation, sign; informal the foggiest (idea), the …
19inkling — [ˈɪŋklɪŋ] noun have an inkling to think that something might be happening because of a small piece of information that you have[/ex] …
20inkling — Synonyms and related words: bare suggestion, broad hint, clue, cue, dash, gentle hint, gesture, glimmer, glimmering, half an idea, hazy idea, hint, idea, implication, impression, index, indication, infusion, innuendo, insinuation, intimation,… …
