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riddle
1[ rid-l ]
noun
- a question or statement so framed as to exercise one's ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum.
- a puzzling question, problem, or matter.
- a puzzling thing or person.
- any enigmatic or dark saying or speech.
verb (used without object)
- to propound riddles; speak enigmatically.
riddle
2[ rid-l ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
- to sift through a riddle, as gravel; screen.
noun
- a coarse sieve, as one for sifting sand in a foundry.
riddle
1/ ˈɪə /
noun
- a question, puzzle, or verse so phrased that ingenuity is required for elucidation of the answer or meaning; conundrum
- a person or thing that puzzles, perplexes, or confuses; enigma
verb
- to solve, explain, or interpret (a riddle or riddles)
- intr to speak in riddles
riddle
2/ ˈɪə /
verb
- usually foll by with to pierce or perforate with numerous holes
riddled with bullets
- to damage or impair
- to put through a sieve; sift
- to fill or pervade
the report was riddled with errors
noun
- a sieve, esp a coarse one used for sand, grain, etc
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
- ˈ, noun
51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
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Example Sentences
We had to operate carefully, because the country is riddled with informers and secret police who spy on their own people for the ruling military junta.
And just as tobacco riddles the lungs, Amazon, one could argue in their preachiest moment, rots the soul.
Mr Robinson, who runs Hello Starling, a Cardiff-based advertising agency, said vacancies at his business were attracting applications that were riddled with AI-generated sentences.
Teslas have been set ablaze with Molotov cocktails, riddled with bullets and defaced with swastikas.
On the highway, our team found a car riddled with bullets.
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