Definitions for inkling
ˈɪŋk lɪŋinkling

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmernoun

   a slight suggestion or vague understanding

   "he had no inkling what was about to happen"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inklingnoun

   A slight suspicion or hint.

   Featuring a prominent and unique opening chord, the song's success provided the first inkling that The Beatles were not the one-hit wonder some had suggested when they first came to America. uE000158657uE001A Hard Day's Night (song)

2. inklingnoun

   Inclination, desire.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Inklingnoun

   This sense is still retained in Scotland: Hint; whisper; intimation.

   Etymology: This word is derived by Stephen Skinner from inklincken, to sound within.

   Our business is not unknown to the senate: they have had inkling what we intend to do, which now we'll shew them in deeds. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   We in Europe, notwithstanding all the remote discoveries and navigations of this last age, never heard of any of the least inkling or glimpse of this island. Francis Bacon, New Atlantis.

   They had some inkling of secret messages betwen the marquis of Newcastle and young Hotham. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

   Aboard a Corinthian vessel he got an inkling among the ship's crew of a conspiracy. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

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1. inkling

   An inkling is a slight knowledge, hint, or suspicion about something; a vague or indirect idea or notion. It often refers to the first slight awareness or intuitive sense about something that may happen or be the case.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Inklingnoun

   a hint; an intimation

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1. Inkling

   Inkling is an American company based in San Francisco, California. It produces an enterprise publishing platform, called Inkling Habitat, and sells interactive e-books and other digital content to consumers through its website and apps.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Inkling

   ingk′ling, n. a hint or whisper: intimation.—v.i. Ink′le, to have a hint of. [M. E. inclen, to hint at, which Skeat suspects to be corrupted from Dan. ymte, to mutter; cf. Ice. ym-ta, to mutter; ultimately imitative.]

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1. Inkling

   Inkling provides a platform for companies to run their own internal or external prediction marketplaces. Notable clients include Abbott Labs, Acxiom, Chrysler, Cisco, CNN, General Mills, Wells Fargo, Electronic Arts, Government of Singapore, Lockheed-Martin, Viacom, ABC-KGO, O’Reilly

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Anagrams for inkling »

1. kilning

2. linking

How to pronounce inkling?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of inkling in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of inkling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of inkling in a Sentence

1. Seán O'Casey:

   If church prelates, past or present, had even an inkling of physiology they'd realize that what they term this inner ugliness creates and nourishes the hearing ear, the seeing eye, the active mind, and energetic body of man and woman, in the same way that dirt and dung at the roots give the plant its delicate leaves and the full-blown rose.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   You may see in a relatively shorter period of Prime Time, when you're seeing the inkling of the flattening and coming down, but you know, you can't make an arbitrary decision until you see what you're dealing with. You need the data.

3. John Boehner:

   I had no inkling whatsoever, i was as shocked and dismayed by the reports that I read as anyone else around here.

4. Ashraf Ghani:

   On the morning of that day, I had no inkling that by late afternoon I would be leaving.

5. Mitch McConnell:

   Not an inkling, but I hoped. Ironically, my wrap-up press conference at the end of the session last Thursday I said the single greatest favor Joe Manchin could give the country is to kill this bill. That’s what the country needs, to see this bill killed. It is absolutely inappropriate and unnecessary at a time when we’re fighting inflation, it was an exciting thing to hear.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=inkling
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Inkling
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=inkling
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inkling
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=inkling
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=inkling
8. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/inkling
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=inkling