Inkling

English

Noun

Inkling (plural Inklings)

1. A slight suspicion or hint.

   Featuring a prominent and unique opening chord, the song's success provided the first inkling that The Beatles were not the one-hit wonder some had suggested when they first came to America. —A Hard Day's Night (song)

2. (dialect) Inclination, desire.

Thesaurus

bare suggestion, broad hint, clue, cue, dash, gentle hint, gesture, glimmer, glimmering, half an idea, hazy idea, hint, idea, implication, impression, index, indication, infusion, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, kick, look, mere notion, nod, notion, nudge, prompt, sauce, scent, seasoning, shade, sign, signal, smack, sneaking suspicion, soupcon, spice, spoor, sprinkling, suggestion, suspicion, symptom, taint, telltale, tempering, thought, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tip, tip-off, touch, trace, track, vague idea, vestige, whisper, wind, wink

Pronunciation

• IPA:/ɪŋklɪŋ/