riddle
noun
1. a difficult problem
Similar word(s): conundrum, enigma
Definition categories: communication, problem
2. a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
Definition categories: man–made, screen, sieve
Sentences with riddle as a noun:
- Here's a riddle: It's black, and white, and red all over. What is it?
verb
1. pierce with many holes
- The bullets riddled his body
Definition categories: contact, pierce
2. set a difficult problem or riddle
- riddle me a riddle
Definition categories: cognition, amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
3. separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
Similar word(s): screen
Definition categories: contact, sieve, sift, strain
4. spread or diffuse through
- His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks
Similar word(s): diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade
Definition categories: contact, penetrate, perforate
5. speak in riddles
Definition categories: communication, communicate, intercommunicate
6. explain a riddle
Definition categories: cognition, lick, solve, work
Sentences with riddle as a verb:
- Riddle me this, meaning Answer the following question.
- You have to riddle the gravel before you lay it on the road.
- The machinegun fire began to riddle the poor Afghanis.
- Your argument is riddled with errors.