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noun | verb puzzlepuzzle1 /ˈpʌzəl/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] 1 a game or toy that has a lot of pieces that you have to fit together: a child’s wooden puzzle → see also jigsaw puzzle2a game in which you have to think hard to solve a difficult question or problem: a crossword puzzle3[usually singular] something that is difficult to understand or explain: puzzle to Women have always been a puzzle to Brad.puzzle of the puzzle of his disappearance4a piece of the puzzle a piece of information that helps you to understand part of a difficult question, mystery, etc. noun | verb puzzlepuzzle2 ●●○ verb VERB TABLEpuzzle |
Present | I, you, we, they | puzzle | | he, she, it | puzzles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | puzzled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have puzzled | | he, she, it | has puzzled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had puzzled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will puzzle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have puzzled |
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Present | I | am puzzling | | he, she, it | is puzzling | | you, we, they | are puzzling | Past | I, he, she, it | was puzzling | | you, we, they | were puzzling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been puzzling | | he, she, it | has been puzzling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been puzzling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be puzzling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been puzzling |
[transitive] to make someone confused or unable to understand something: What puzzles me is why her books are so popular.puzzle something ↔ out phrasal verb to solve a confusing or difficult problem after thinking about it carefullypuzzle over something phrasal verb to think for a long time about something because you cannot understand it |