ALL meanings of riddle
rid·dle
R r - noun riddle a coarse sieve, as one for sifting sand in a foundry. 1
- verb without object riddle to propound riddles; speak enigmatically. 1
- verb with object riddle to pierce with many holes, suggesting those of a sieve: to riddle the target. 1
- verb with object riddle to fill or affect with (something undesirable, weakening, etc.): a government riddled with graft. 1
- verb with object riddle to impair or refute completely by persistent verbal attacks: to riddle a person's reputation. 1
- verb with object riddle to sift through a riddle, as gravel; screen. 1
- noun riddle enigma: difficult question 1
- noun riddle conundrum: type of joke 1
- noun riddle mystery 1
- transitive verb riddle fill: with holes, bullets 1
- transitive verb riddle fill: with errors, etc. 1
- countable noun riddle 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. 0
- countable noun riddle You can describe something as a riddle if people have been trying to understand or explain it but have not been able to. 0
- verb riddle If someone riddles something with bullets or bullet holes, they fire a lot of bullets into it. 0
- noun riddle a question, puzzle, or verse so phrased that ingenuity is required for elucidation of the answer or meaning; conundrum 0
- noun riddle a person or thing that puzzles, perplexes, or confuses; enigma 0
- verb riddle to solve, explain, or interpret (a riddle or riddles) 0
- verb riddle to speak in riddles 0
- verb riddle to pierce or perforate with numerous holes 0
- verb riddle to damage or impair 0
- verb riddle to put through a sieve; sift 0
- verb riddle to fill or pervade 0
- noun riddle a sieve, esp a coarse one used for sand, grain, etc 0
- noun riddle 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 0
- noun riddle any puzzling, perplexing, or apparently inexplicable person or thing, as a difficult problem or enigmatic saying; enigma 0
- verb transitive riddle to solve or explain (a riddle) 0
- intransitive verb riddle to propound riddles; speak enigmatically 0
- noun riddle a coarse sieve for grading gravel, separating chaff from grain, etc. 0
- verb transitive riddle to sift through such a sieve 0
- verb transitive riddle to make many holes in, as by a burst of buckshot; puncture throughout 0
- verb transitive riddle to find and show flaws in; criticize and disprove 0
- verb transitive riddle to affect every part of; spread throughout 0