[ noun ] a slight suggestion or vague understanding <noun.cognition> he had no inkling what was about to happen
Inkling \In"kling\, n. A hint; an intimation.
The least inkling or glimpse of this island. --Bacon.
They had some inkling of secret messages. --Clarendon.
You had no idea he was doing that, did you, sir? A. No. I guess that I had never _ had never had any inkling that we were guiding their strategy in any way.
Mr. Gilman, who worked directly for Mr. Morosky, said he had no inkling of the vice chairman's resignation plans until last Friday.
"If there is an inkling that something might be out there, we've got to get it.
I suspect she had an inkling of how much the shopkeeper had paid.
She said she had no inkling that her brother was not welcomed by his neighbors.
The ones towards the back had no idea why those further up were making haste and no inkling that the cheetah was back in doormat mode. This time there were no mistakes.
She got her first inkling of trouble when councillor Frank Millar reviewed a model.
In that case, Shiny Nylon hits it right on the head. Those who do have an inkling of what the project is about seem to disagree with each other.
The Robertses say they got their first inkling of where things were heading only after the hearing was under way.
But there is a good chance investors would have at least had an inkling of the trouble to come if they had read the prospectus.
"It's like getting a free kick in a soccer game." In the end, win or lose, Mr. Wofford and his supporters hope they will have given disheartened national Democrats an inkling of how they might challenge George Bush in next year's presidential race.