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"Riddle" Definition

noun

A coarse sieve, as for gravel.
A question or statement requiring thought to answer or understand; a conundrum.
One that is perplexing; an enigma.
Something or someone difficult to understand.
A coarse sieve.

verb-transitive

To pierce with numerous holes; perforate: riddle a target with bullets.
To put (gravel, for example) through a coarse sieve.
To solve or explain.
To spread throughout: "Election campaigns have always been riddled with demagogy and worse” ( New Republic).

verb-intransitive

To propound or solve riddles.
To speak in riddles.

verb

To spread through .
To pierce with many holes .
To speak in or propound .
To find the solution of .
To set a riddle for .

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