A high school girl posting on a web forum hinting at underaged prostitution has been arrested.
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Hinting
/ˈhɪntɪŋ/
Synonyms for "hinting" (29 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (14)
Noun(12 words)
indicationindicativeindirect indicationinsinuatinginsinuationspointing tosuggestsuggestingsuggestionsuggestivetelegraphingtip
Verb(2 words)
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More general
15 entriesadjectivecommunicationcommunication actcommunication strategydescriptive termdiscourse strategyevidenceindirect communicationindirectnessinferencelinguistic tacticpragmaticspresentation strategyqualifierrhetorical device
More specific
23 entriesalludingallusionallusivecorrelation hintingevocativeforeshadowinghedgingimplied cueimplied mechanismimplyingindirect claimindirect cueindirectnessinnuendoinsinuationintimating
Showing 16 of 23 words.
Collocations
15 entriesdata hintinghinting athinting behaviorhinting indicatorshinting languagehinting mechanismhinting patternhinting signalshinting towardimplicit hintinglinguistic hintingmethodological hintingpattern hintingsubtle hintingtrend hinting
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
9 total sentences available.
What are you hinting at?
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Do you get what I'm hinting at?
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He's still hinting that he likes her.
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Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.