inkling: Meaning and Definition of
ink•ling
Pronunciation: (ingk'ling), [key]
— n.
- a slight suggestion or indication; hint; intimation: They hadn't given us an inkling of what was going to happen.
- a vague idea or notion; slight understanding: They didn't have an inkling of how the new invention worked.
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