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- DictionaryInk·ling/ˈiNGkliNG/
noun
- 1. a slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint: "the records give us an inkling of how people saw the world"
1. : a slight knowledge or vague notion. had not the faintest inkling of what it was all about H. W. Carter. 2. : a slight indication or suggestion : hint, clue. there was no path—no inkling even of a track New Yorker. Did you know?
INKLING definition: 1. a feeling that something is true or likely to happen, although you are not certain: 2. a…. Learn more.
Inkling definition: a slight suggestion or indication; hint; intimation. See examples of INKLING used in a sentence.
Definitions of inkling. noun. a slight suggestion or vague understanding. “he had no inkling what was about to happen”. synonyms: glimmer, glimmering, intimation. see more. see less. type of: suggestion.
INKLING meaning: 1. a feeling that something is true or likely to happen, although you are not certain: 2. a…. Learn more.
inkling in American English. (ˈɪŋklɪŋ) noun. 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.
noun. /ˈɪŋklɪŋ/. /ˈɪŋklɪŋ/. [usually singular] a slight knowledge of something that is happening or about to happen synonym suspicion. inkling (of something) He had no inkling of what was going on. inkling (that…) The first inkling I had that something was wrong was when I found the front door wide open. Extra Examples.
A complete guide to the word "INKLING": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
Inkling definition: a slight suggestion or indication; hint; intimation. See examples of INKLING used in a sentence.
From Middle English, from inklen, inclen (“to give an inkling of, hint at, mention, utter in an undertone”), from inke (“apprehension, misgiving”), from Old English inca (“doubt, suspicion”), from Proto-Germanic *inkô (“ache, regret”), from Proto-Indo-European *yenǵ-(“illness”).
