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INKLING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does inkling mean?

• INKLING (noun)
The noun INKLING has 1 sense:

1. a slight suggestion or vague understanding

Familiarity information: INKLING used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• INKLING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A slight suggestion or vague understanding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

glimmering; inkling; glimmer; intimation

Context example:

he had no inkling what was about to happen

Hypernyms ("inkling" is a kind of...):

suggestion (an idea that is suggested)

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