Hint
Hint verb - To convey an idea indirectly.
Sic
Sic verb - To take sudden, violent action against.
Both words in one sentence
- The Sci-Fi Channel Original Movie (which should give you a hint as to its quality) 100 Million BC has the humans unable to detect the rampaging Giganotosaurus through a heat sensor because "dinosaurs are ectothermal" (sic).
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Sic and Hint. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hint/sic
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