HINT

Hint

Hint is musician Jonathan James, hailing from Sussex in the UK. His music has been released on independent record labels and his catalogue includes work which has found favour amongst DJs and fans from various underground music scenes.

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hint

Noun

  1. A clue.
  2. A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
  3. A small, barely detectable amount of.
  4. 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. Also known as hinting.
  5. An opportunity; occasion; fit time.

Verb

  1. To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
    She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes.
  2. To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
    to hint a suspicion
  3. To develop and add hints to a font.
    The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens.


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