clue (noun)

  • 21cluelessness — clueˈlessness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑clue …

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  • 22mystery — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great ▪ How the disease started is one of medicine s great mysteries. ▪ little, minor, small ▪ one of life s little mysteries …

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  • 23inkling — noun Etymology: Middle English yngkiling whisper, mention, probably from inclen to hint at; akin to Old English inca suspicion Date: 1513 1. a slight indication or suggestion ; hint, clue < there was no path no inkling even of a track New Yorker&#8230; …

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  • 24Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool — noun a) Any long implement, such as a baseball bat, used to strike lusers. b) Any blunt instrument used to forcibly insert clue into lusers …

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  • 25crambo — noun A guessing game in which players guess words that rhyme with a clue word, seeking a word that is kept secret or concealed …

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  • 26tip-off — noun a) An obvious clue or indication. The broken window and overturned plant pots were a tip off that something was wrong. b) A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority. The poli …

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  • 27willful ignorance — noun A bad faith decision to avoid becoming informed about something so as to avoid having to make undesirable decisions that such information might prompt. It may also be shown as for a person to have no clue in a decision but still goes ahead&#8230; …

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  • 28garbley gook — noun Communication that is garbled; language messed up and hard to understand. It looks like garbley gook. Brent remarked. No, its code. I haventa clue what it means but its computer code alright. Travis deduced …

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  • 29red herring — noun a) A smoke cured and salt brined herring strong enough to turn the flesh red; a type of kipper. Up in the morning, and had some red herrings to our breakfast, while my boot heel was a mending, by the same token the boy left the hole as big&#8230; …

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  • 30red herring — noun 1》 a dried smoked herring. 2》 a misleading clue or distraction. [from the practice of using the scent of red herring in training hounds.] …

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