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- Dictionaryrid·dle/ˈrid(ə)l/
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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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.
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.
/ˈrɪdl/ /ˈrɪdəl/ IPA guide. Other forms: riddles; riddled; riddling. 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.
1. a problem or puzzle in the form of a question, statement, etc. so formulated that some ingenuity is required to solve or answer it; conundrum. 2. any puzzling, perplexing, or apparently inexplicable person or thing, as a difficult problem or enigmatic saying; enigma.
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.
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.
noun. /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. Bilbo solves the riddle that unlocks the door to the mountain. Topics Games and toys c1. Take your English to the next level.
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. 2. You can describe something as a riddle if people have been trying to understand or explain it but have not been able to.
RIDDLE meaning: 1. a strange and difficult question that has a clever and often funny answer 2. a situation or…. Learn more.
to pierce with many holes, suggesting those of a sieve: to riddle the target. to fill or affect with (something undesirable, weakening, etc.): a government riddled with graft. to impair or refute completely by persistent verbal attacks: to riddle a person's reputation. Mining to sift through a riddle, as gravel; screen. n.
