riddle¹ /ridˈl/

1. A piece of verse, etc giving cryptic clues as to the identity of something which the hearer or reader is asked to name
2. A puzzling question
3. Anything puzzling

1. To solve
2. To puzzle

1. To make riddles
2. To speak obscurely

riddˈle-like adjective and adverb (Shakespeare)

riddˈler noun

riddˈling noun

1. Propounding of riddles
2. Speaking in riddles

1. Enigmatic, obscure, puzzling
2. Speaking in riddles
3. Explaining riddles

riddˈlingly adverb

riddˈle-me-reeˈ noun

(a fanciful modification of riddle me a riddle, or riddle my riddle) a rigmarole

riddle² /ridˈl/

A large coarse sieve

1. To pass through or sift with a riddle
2. To make full of holes like a riddle, as with shot
3. To fill, spread throughout

1. To use a riddle
2. To sift

riddˈler noun

riddˈling noun

riddˈlings plural noun

1. The less desirable part of anything, whether finer or coarser, separated by riddling and usu rejected
2. Refuse

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