inkling (n.)
- clue
- cue
- dash
- gesture
- glimmer
- glimmering
- hint
- idea
- implication
- impression
- index
- indication
- infusion
- innuendo
- insinuation
- intimation
- kick
- look
- nod
- notion
- nudge
- prompt
- sauce
- scent
- seasoning
- shade
- sign
- signal
- smack
- soupcon
- spice
- spoor
- sprinkling
- suggestion
- suspicion
- symptom
- taint
- telltale
- tempering
- thought
- tinct
- tincture
- tinge
- tint
- tip
- tip-off
- touch
- trace
- track
- vestige
- whisper
- wind
- wink