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Inkling definition: a slight suggestion or indication; hint; intimation. See examples of INKLING used in a sentence.
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 meaning: 1. a feeling that something is true or likely to happen, although you are not certain: 2. a…. Learn more.
Is someone yapping on and on and you only have the vaguest idea of what they're talking about? Then you understood just an inkling — a glimmer, a fraction — of what they were saying. Inkling can also mean a sly suggestion or faint implication. If someone drops a hint you're not wanted they've given you an inkling you're not wanted.
Definition of inkling noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and 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.
1. a slight suggestion; hint; intimation: They gave us no inkling of what was going to happen. 2. a vague idea or notion; slight understanding: I don't have an inkling of how it works.
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. inkling. / ˈɪŋklɪŋ /.
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”).
