Definition of inkling in English:
A slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint: the records give us an inkling of how people saw the world
More example sentences
- If she had the slightest inkling of the notion of democratic representation she would never be able to say this.
- He had it all mapped out and made certain Sally didn't have the slightest inkling that anything was up.
- Few had the slightest inkling about the kind of music that was being played by the band.
knowledge, slight knowledge;
British informal the foggiest idea, the foggiest, the faintest idea, the faintest
Late Middle English (in the sense 'a mention in an undertone, a hint'): from the rare verb inkle 'utter in an undertone', of unknown origin.
Words that rhyme with inklingsprinkling, tinkling
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