Hinter

[hint] /hɪnt/

noun
1.
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
Give me a hint as to his identity.
2.
a very slight or hardly noticeable amount; soupçon:
a hint of garlic in the salad dressing.
3.
perceived indication or suggestion; note; intimation:
a hint of spring in the air.
4.
Obsolete. an occasion or opportunity.
verb (used with object)
5.
to give a hint of:
gray skies hinting a possible snowfall.
verb (used without object)
6.
to make indirect suggestion or allusion; subtly imply (usually followed by at):
The article hinted at corruption in the mayor’s office.
/hɪnt/
noun
1.
a suggestion or implication given in an indirect or subtle manner: he dropped a hint
2.
a helpful piece of advice or practical suggestion
3.
a small amount; trace
verb
4.
when intr, often foll by at; when tr, takes a clause as object. to suggest or imply indirectly
n.

c.1600, apparently from obsolete hent, from Middle English hinten “to tell, inform” (c.1400), from Old English hentan “to seize,” from Proto-Germanic *hantijanan (cf. Gothic hinþan “to seize”), related to hunt (v.). Modern sense and spelling first attested in Shakespeare.
v.

1640s, from hint (n.). Related: Hinted; hinting.
see: take a hint