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A clue.
example
I needed a hint to complete the crossword.
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A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
example
He gave me a hint that my breath smelt.
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A small, barely detectable amount of.
example
I could taste a hint of lemon in the wine.
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Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting.
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This font does not scale well; at small point sizes it has no hinting at all, and the hints that it has for the 10- and 12-point letter 'g' still need work.
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An opportunity; occasion; fit time.