riddlenoun
uk/ˈrɪd.əl/us/ˈrɪd.əl/riddle noun (QUESTION)
[ C ] a type of question that describes something in a difficult and confusing way and has a clever or funny answer, often asked as a game
[ C usually singular ] something that is confusing, or a problem that is difficult to solve:
Scientists may have solved the riddle of Saturn's rings.
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Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
- a chicken and egg situation idiom
- addle
- all of a doodah idiom
- all over the place idiom
- at sea idiom
- brainstorm
- disorientate
- disoriented
- distraction
- dither
- dizziness
- ferment
- flutter
- mystique
- not know what hit you idiom
- not know where/which way to turn idiom
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- not know whether you are coming or going idiom
- turbulence
- whirl
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Difficult things and people
Idiom(s)
talk/speak in riddles
riddleverb [ T ]
uk/ˈrɪd.əl/us/ˈrɪd.əl/to make a lot of holes in something:
The anti-aircraft guns riddled the plane's wings with bullets.
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Making holes in things
- bore
- breach
- dent
- drill
- gouge
- hole
- perforate
- perforated
- pierce
- piercing
- prick
- probe
- punch
- puncture