inkling
[ ingk-ling ]
/ ˈɪŋk lɪŋ /
noun
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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Origin of inkling
Words nearby inkling
in-kind, ink jet, ink-jet printing, inkle, inkle loom, inkling, ink sac, inkstand, Inkster, inkstone, ink up
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inkling
/ (ˈɪŋklɪŋ) /
noun
a slight intimation or suggestion; suspicion
Word Origin for inkling
C14: probably from inclen to hint at; related to Old English inca
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