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- Dictionaryinkling/ˈɪŋklɪŋ/
noun
- 1. a slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint: "the records give us an inkling of how people saw the world"
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1. : a slight knowledge or vague notion. had not the faintest inkling of what it was all about H. W. Carter. 2. : a slight indication or suggestion : hint, clue. there was no path—no inkling even of a track New Yorker.
INKLING definition: 1. a feeling that something is true or likely to happen, although you are not certain: 2. a…. Learn more.
inkling in American English. (ˈɪŋklɪŋ) noun. 1. a slight suggestion or indication; hint; intimation. They hadn't given us an inkling of what was going to happen. 2. a vague idea or notion; slight understanding. They didn't have an inkling of how the new invention worked.
INKLING meaning: 1. a feeling that something is true or likely to happen, although you are not certain: 2. a…. Learn more.
Definitions of inkling. noun. a slight suggestion or vague understanding. “he had no inkling what was about to happen”. synonyms: glimmer, glimmering, intimation. see more see less. type of: suggestion. an idea that is suggested.
n. 1. a slight suggestion; hint; intimation: They gave us no inkling of what was going to happen. 2. a vague idea or notion; slight understanding: I don't have an inkling of how it works. [1505–15; obsolete inkle to hint (Middle English inklen) + -ing 1]
Definition of inkling noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun inkling, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Nov 10, 2024 · Noun. [edit] inkling (plural inklings) Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given. Synonym: intimation. Often preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion. Synonym: glimpse. (British, dialectal) A desire, an inclination. Translations. [edit]
Britannica Dictionary definition of INKLING. [count] : a slight, uncertain idea about something : a slight amount of knowledge about something — usually singular. I didn't have an inkling [= clue] of what it all meant. Nothing gave me any inkling that it would happen.
