cluing

/K L UW1 IH0 NG/
noun
  1. 1

    Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.

  2. 2

    Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)

  3. 3

    An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.

  4. 4

    (now rare) A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.

  5. 5

    The board game Cluedo whose goal is to solve the mystery of a fictitious murder.

verb
  1. 1

    To provide someone with information which they lack (often used with "in" or "up").

  2. 2

    To provide with a clue.

  3. 3

    Alternative form of clew. [(transitive) to roll into a ball]