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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.
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.
What's a question or problem that requires a bit of thought before you answer? It's a riddle, of course. The verb riddle can mean to speak in a puzzling fashion, though that use is not very common.
A riddle is a puzzle or joke in which you ask a question that seems to be nonsense but which has a clever or amusing answer.
A riddle is a statement, question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved.
What is a Riddle? A riddle is a word puzzle in which one player asks a confusing question, and the other player has to figure out its meaning. Riddles often rely on puns and double entendres – in other words, the key to solving the riddle is to realize that one of the words is being used in a surprising or unexpected way.
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.
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 strange and difficult question that has a clever and often funny answer 2. a situation or…. Learn more.
riddle. 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.
