hint at

phrasal verb

hinted at; hinting at; hints at

: to talk about (something) in an indirect way

He's been hinting at the possibility of running for mayor.

The history textbook only hinted at the racial prejudice of that era.

Examples of hint at in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Soundgarden’s Ben Shepherd hinted at an unreleased Soundgarden album on Saturday in a tribute post to Chris Cornell, the band’s late frontman, on the eighth anniversary of Cornell’s death. —Jem Aswad, Variety, 19 May 2025

Occasionally, even Trump hints at this, vaguely touting secondary sanctions as a throwaway remark earlier this week. —Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 16 May 2025

Adams first hinted at the funding plans at a Tuesday news conference. —Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 16 May 2025

The build-up to Thursday's talks had included a back and forth between Kyiv, Moscow and the Trump administration which hinted at the possibility of a three-way meeting involving Trump, Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. —Keir Simmons, NBC news, 15 May 2025

Rhymes for hint at

• begat
• bobcat
• chitchat
• doormat
• ducat
• eclat
• format
• hazmat
• muskrat
• nonfat
• polecat
• thereat