Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
riddle
IPA transcription: [ɹ'ɪdəl]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
riddle, conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser
Meaning:
a difficult problem
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
riddle
Meaning:
pierce with many holes; "The bullets riddled his body"
Synonyms:
riddle
Meaning:
set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle"
Usage examples
RIDDLE.
No reading that riddle!...
You are a riddle to me even now.
"Why, blame it, it's a riddle, don't you see?
Ikey roomed and breakfasted at Mrs. Riddle's two squares away.
And then I suppose that this ditch won't be the riddle it is now."
"In that case, I've solved the riddle," cried Scraps, dancing with glee.
Mr. Riddle was a stout man, brick-dusty of complexion and sudden in action.
Nor lisp it at the table, Nor heedless by the way Hint that within the riddle One will walk to-day!
At nine old Parvenzano lets me through to his back yard, where there's a board off Riddle's fence, next door.