riddle

  • 31riddle — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a question or statement testing ingenuity in divining its answer or meaning. 2 a puzzling fact or thing or person. v. 1 intr. speak in or propound riddles. 2 tr. solve or explain (a riddle). Derivatives: riddler n. Etymology: OE… …

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  • 32riddle — n. 1) to solve a riddle 2) (misc.) to speak in riddles * * * [ rɪdl] (misc.) to speak in riddles to solve a riddle …

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  • 33riddle — I rid•dle [[t]ˈrɪd l[/t]] n. v. dled, dling 1) a question framed so as to exercise one s ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum 2) a puzzling question, problem, or matter 3) a puzzling thing or person 4) to propound… …

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  • 34riddle — I. /ˈrɪdl / (say ridl) noun 1. a question or statement so framed as to exercise one s ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum. 2. a puzzling question, problem, or matter. 3. a puzzling thing or person. 4. any enigmatic or… …

  • 35riddle — 1. noun a) A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature, such as Its black, and white, and red all over. What is it? b) A sieve. Syn …

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  • 36riddle — See riddle, puzzle, enigma …

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  • 37riddle — A saying which is deliberately made obscure, as when Samson proposed the riddle of the lion and the honey (Judg. 14:12–19). The word could also encompass messages difficult to interpret; such riddles were not used by God when speaking to Moses… …

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  • 38Riddle — Original name in latin Riddle Name in other language State code US Continent/City America/Los Angeles longitude 42.95095 latitude 123.36423 altitude 213 Population 1185 Date 2011 05 14 …

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  • 39riddle — n See Jimmy Riddle …

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  • 40riddle — Noun. An act of urination. A shortening of jimmy riddle , the rhyming slang for piddle . Cf. widdle and piddle …

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