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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rid•dle1 /ˈrɪdəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a puzzling question put so as to make it difficult to answer it or discover its meaning:A childhood riddle is "What kind of dog has no tail?'' —The answer: a hot dog.
- a puzzling problem, matter, or person:His behavior is a riddle.
rid•dle2 /ˈrɪdəl/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to pierce with many holes:Bullets riddled the target.
- to fill or affect with (something undesirable):The department is riddled with graft.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rid•dle1 (rid′l),USA pronunciation n., v., -dled, -dling. n. - a question or statement so framed as to exercise one's ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning;
conundrum. - a puzzling question, problem, or matter.
- a puzzling thing or person.
- any enigmatic or dark saying or speech.
v.i. - to propound riddles;
speak enigmatically.
- bef. 1000; Middle English redel, redels (noun, nominal), Old English rǣdels(e) counsel, opinion, imagination, riddle (rǣd(an) to counsel, rede + -els(e) deverbal noun, nominal suffix) with loss of -s- in Middle English through confusion with the plural form of the noun, nominal suffix -el -le (compare burial); cognate with German Rätsel, Dutch raadsel
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See puzzle.
rid•dle2 (rid′l),USA pronunciation v., -dled, -dling, n. v.t. - to pierce with many holes, suggesting those of a sieve:to riddle the target.
- to fill or affect with (something undesirable, weakening, etc.):a government riddled with graft.
- to impair or refute completely by persistent verbal attacks:to riddle a person's reputation.
- Miningto sift through a riddle, as gravel;
screen.
n. - Metallurgya coarse sieve, as one for sifting sand in a foundry.
- bef. 1100; (noun, nominal) Middle English riddil, Old English hriddel, variant of hridder, hrīder; cognate with German Reiter; akin to Latin crībrum sieve; (verb, verbal) Middle English ridlen to sift, derivative of the noun, nominal
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: riddle /ˈrɪdəl/ n - a question, puzzle, or verse so phrased that ingenuity is required for elucidation of the answer or meaning; conundrum
- a person or thing that puzzles, perplexes, or confuses; enigma
vb - to solve, explain, or interpret (a riddle or riddles)
- (intransitive) to speak in riddles
Etymology: Old English rǣdelle, rǣdelse, from rǣd counsel; related to Old Saxon rādislo, German Rätselˈriddler n riddle /ˈrɪdəl/ vb (transitive)- (usually followed by with) to pierce or perforate with numerous holes: riddled with bullets
- to put through a sieve; sift
- to fill or pervade: the report was riddled with errors
n - a sieve, esp a coarse one used for sand, grain, etc
Etymology: Old English hriddel a sieve, variant of hridder; related to Latin crībrum sieveˈriddler n |