inkling Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a slight suggestion or vague understanding
    glimmer; glimmering; intimation.
    • he had no inkling what was about to happen

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In"kling noun
Definitions
  1. A hint; an intimation.
    The least inkling or glimpse of this island. Bacon.
    They had some inkling of secret messages. Clarendon.

Webster 1913