Riddle
Meaning of Riddle
- a question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning.
they started asking riddles and telling jokes
- speak in or pose riddles.
he who knows not how to riddle
Old English rǣdels, rǣdelse ‘opinion, conjecture, riddle’; related to Dutch raadsel, German Rätsel, also to read.
verb- make many holes in (someone or something), especially with gunshot.
his car was riddled by sniper fire
- pass (a substance) through a large coarse sieve.
for final potting, the soil mixture is not riddled
noun
a large coarse sieve, especially one used for separating ashes from cinders or sand from gravel.
late Old English hriddel, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin cribrum ‘sieve’, cernere ‘separate’, and Greek krinein ‘decide’.
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Hyphenation of Riddle
Rid-dle
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- Riddle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Riddle synonyms
Meaning conundrum:
Meaning screen:
Meaning permeate:
permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue
Meaning pierce and make a hole or holes in:
Meaning make a hole or holes in:
Meaning (of a sharp pointed object) go into or through (something):
Meaning make a puncture in (something):
Meaning fill with cavities or tunnels:
Meaning sprinkle or season (food) with pepper:
Meaning make a small hole in (something) with a sharp point; pierce slightly:
Meaning blood that has been shed, especially as a result of violence:
Meaning cause (someone) to become motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment:
Meaning put (a food substance or other material) through a sieve:
Meaning put (a fine or loose substance) through a sieve so as to remove lumps or large particles:
Meaning cause liquid to drain off (food which has been boiled, soaked, or canned) by using a porous or perforated device:
Meaning pass (a liquid, gas, light, or sound) through a device to remove unwanted material:
Meaning remove contaminants from:
Meaning remove impurities or unwanted elements from (a substance), typically as part of an industrial process:
Meaning blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff:
Meaning fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket:
Meaning cook on a griddle:
Anagrams of Riddle
didler, dirled, dreidl, Eldrid, lidder, riddel
Words that rhyme with Riddle
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