inkling

IPA: ˈɪŋkɫɪŋ

Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given.
Often preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion.
(Britain, dialectal) A desire, an inclination.

Examples of "inkling" in Sentences

She'll maybe have had some inkling from the Lord that her bairn was coming.
But, just the same, the inkling is a built-in nuance or, "tell"; and it does exist.
Just how you managed to work "inkling" into a discussion that started out with Tolkien and Lewis!
How much in advance I don't know, but we would probably have some kind of inkling that it was going on.
I’m getting in inkling of why CBS says they had to shut down comments on on Obama stories. dsbo lhxromacd Says:
"If I do, the inkling is to want to pitch to him, but maybe there's a situation where we pitch around him," he said.
It's hard to know where to start when your best inkling is to read some papers and try to find time with the overbooked senior graduate student.
I just cannot believe, no offense to the bride, that there was just no "inkling" this "wedding cake lady" to be kind was less than professional?
If Ms. Fox had an 'inkling' [phonetic/pun] of what it is to simply deliver the product, she might want to consider washing her hands of the whole thing.