Meaning

• A clue.

  "I needed a hint to complete the crossword."

• A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.

  "He gave me a hint that my breath smelt."

• A small, barely detectable amount of.

  "I could taste a hint of lemon in the wine."

• 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.

  "This font does not scale well; at small point sizes it has no hinting at all, and the hints that it has for the 10- and 12-point letter 'g' still need work."

• An opportunity; occasion; fit time.

Meaning

• To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.

  "She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes."

• To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.

  "to hint a suspicion"

• 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."