Dictionary
ink•ling
Pronunciation: (ingk'ling), [key]—
n.
1. a slight suggestion or indication; hint; intimation:
They hadn't given us an inkling of what was going to happen.
2. a vague idea or notion; slight understanding:
They didn't have an inkling of how the new invention worked. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.