Riddle

Quick meaning: Riddle is a noun meaning A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.

Meaning

A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
2. (transitive) To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.
3. A board with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
4. To put something through a riddle or sieve; to sieve; to sift.
5. To fill with holes like a riddle.
6. An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.
7. A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.

Example Sentences

Riddle me this.

I'm a riddle so strong, you can't break me

You have to riddle the gravel before you lay it on the road.

Here's a riddle: It's black, and white, and red all over. What is it?

Word Forms

• riddles
• riddling
• riddled

Synonyms for riddle

Depending on context, synonyms include enigma, conundrum, brain-teaser, decipher, unriddle, absolve.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include brain-teaser, conundrum, enigma, screen, puzzle, mystery.

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