(1):
(n.) A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive.
(2):
(v. i.) To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something.
(3):
(v. t.) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.