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- Dictionaryriddle/ˈrɪdl/
verb
- 1. make many holes in (someone or something), especially with gunshot: "his car was riddled by sniper fire" Similar
- 2. pass (a substance) through a large coarse sieve: "for final potting, the soil mixture is not riddled" Similar
noun
- 1. a large coarse sieve, especially one used for separating ashes from cinders or sand from gravel.
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a type of question that describes something in a difficult and confusing way and has a clever or funny answer, often asked as a game. [ C usually singular ] something that is confusing, or a problem that is difficult to solve: Scientists may have solved the riddle of Saturn's rings. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of RIDDLE is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum, enigma. How to use riddle in a sentence. Riddle Me This Synonym Discussion of Riddle.
noun. a difficult problem. synonyms: brain-teaser, conundrum, enigma. see more. verb. set a difficult problem or riddle. “ riddle me a riddle” see more. verb. explain a riddle. see more.
Riddle definition: a question or statement so framed as to exercise one's ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum. . See examples of RIDDLE used in a sentence.
1. a question, puzzle, or verse so phrased that ingenuity is required for elucidation of the answer or meaning; conundrum. 2. a person or thing that puzzles, perplexes, or confuses; enigma. verb.
1. a question, puzzle, or verse so phrased that ingenuity is required for elucidation of the answer or meaning; conundrum. 2. a person or thing that puzzles, perplexes, or confuses; enigma. vb. 3. to solve, explain, or interpret (a riddle or riddles) 4. ( intr) to speak in riddles.
noun. /ˈrɪdl/. /ˈrɪdl/. a question that is difficult to understand, and that has a surprising answer, that you ask somebody as a game. Stop talking in riddles (= saying things that are confusing)—say what you mean.
RIDDLE meaning: 1. a strange and difficult question that has a clever and often funny answer 2. a situation or…. Learn more.
Riddle, deliberately enigmatic or ambiguous question requiring a thoughtful and often witty answer. The riddle is a form of guessing game that has been a part of the folklore of most cultures from ancient times. Western scholars generally recognize two main kinds of riddle: the descriptive riddle.
RIDDLE meaning: 1 : a difficult question that is asked as a game and that has a surprising or funny answer sometimes used figuratively; 2 : someone or something that is difficult to understand or solve.
