riddles

Definition of riddles in English English dictionary: plural of riddle; third-person singular of riddle
riddle: to put something through a sieve
You have to riddle the gravel before you lay it on the road.
riddle: to fill with holes
The shots from his gun began to riddle the target.
riddle: A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature, such as "It's black, and white, and red all over. What is it?"
riddle: to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question
Riddle me this...., meaning Answer the following question.
riddle: to fill or spread throughout; to pervade
Your argument is riddled with errors.
riddle: {v} to solve, sift, run through a sieve
read riddles: solve puzzles, solve enigmas, solve riddles
riddle: {f} solve, interpret; swell up, inflate; perforate, pierce; detonate, explode
riddle: To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot
riddle: If someone riddles something with bullets or bullet holes, they fire a lot of bullets into it. Unknown attackers riddled two homes with gunfire. Deliberately enigmatic or ambiguous question requiring a thoughtful and often witty answer. The riddle is a form of guessing game that has been a part of the folklore of most cultures from ancient times. Western scholars generally recognize two main kinds of riddle: the descriptive riddle, usually describing an animal, person, plant, or object in an intentionally enigmatic manner (thus an egg is "a little white house without door or window"); and the shrewd or witty question. A classical Greek example of the latter type is "What is the strongest of all things?" "Love: iron is strong, but the blacksmith is stronger, and love can subdue the blacksmith
riddle: A coarse sieve used for separating chaff from corn, sand from gravel, ashes from cinders
riddle: To speak ambiguously or enigmatically
riddle: set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle"
riddle: a sieve; a puzzle
riddle: pierce many times; "The bullets riddled his body"
riddle: Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling
riddle: separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
riddle: a sieve
riddle: A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand
riddle: To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel
riddle: a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
riddle: A riddle is a puzzle or joke in which you ask a question that seems to be nonsense but which has a clever or amusing answer
riddle: a verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature
riddle: To explain; to solve; to unriddle
riddle: explain a riddle
riddle: speak in riddles
riddle: explain a riddle speak in riddles pierce many times; "The bullets riddled his body"
riddle: You can describe something as a riddle if people have been trying to understand or explain it but have not been able to. Scientists claimed yesterday to have solved the riddle of the birth of the Universe. = mystery
riddle: a coarse sieve (as for gravel) a difficult problem set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle" explain a riddle speak in riddles pierce many times; "The bullets riddled his body" separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
riddle: 1 Riddiksbuck; worth about 15 eyes; common currency of small-scale business transactions
riddle: a coarse sieve (as for gravel) a difficult problem set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle"
riddle: (from Old English roedel, from roedan meaning "to give council" or "to read"): A universal form of literature in which a puzzling question or a conundrum is presented to the reader The reader is often challenged to solve this enigma, which requires ingenuity in discovering the hidden meaning A riddle may involve puns, symbolism, or unusual imagery
riddle: a difficult problem
riddle: {i} puzzle, question or statement presenting a problem to be solved; enigma, mystery; sieve, screen used for sifting
riddle: A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it