inkling
/ˈɪŋk·lɪŋ/ n [U]Definition
› a slight idea that something is true or likely to happen, although it is not certain: She saw the look on Nick’s face but had no inkling of what it meant.
(Definition of inkling n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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