To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.
To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something.
A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive.
(n.) A declaration by the 1st or 2nd player indicating the approximate number of tricks the player expects to take.
an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her"
a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
drop a hint; intimate by a hint
an indication that a link change might have occurred
A suggestion given to an application such as repmgr regarding how it should manage something within its domain. Hints are not mandatory and may be ignored if complying with the hint would affect the correctness of the domain.
A suggestion or preference for a particular option. While this option is strongly recommended, its use is not required.
Code embedded into a SQL statement suggesting to Oracle how it should be processed. Some of the available hints: ALL_ROWS, FIRST_ROWS, CHOOSE, RULE, , FULL, ORDERED, STAR. Example suggesting a FULL TABLE SCAN method: SELECT /*+ FULL(x) */ FROM tab1 x WHERE col1 = 10;