- riddle with holes
- • iskasapiti; izbušiti
English-Serbian dictionary. 2013.
English-Serbian dictionary. 2013.
riddle — rid|dle1 [ˈrıdl] n [: Old English; Origin: rAdelse opinion, guess, riddle ] 1.) a question that is deliberately very confusing and has a humorous or clever answer →↑puzzle ▪ See if you can solve this riddle . 2.) something that you do not… … Dictionary of contemporary English
riddle — 1 noun (C) 1 a question that is deliberately very confusing and usually has a humorous or clever answer: Solve this riddle What is black and white and red all over? Answer An embarrassed zebra. 2 a mysterious action, event, or situation that you… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
riddle — I UK [ˈrɪd(ə)l] / US noun [countable] Word forms riddle : singular riddle plural riddles 1) a question that seems impossible or silly but has a clever or funny answer Are you good at solving riddles? 2) someone or something that is mysterious or… … English dictionary
riddle — rid|dle1 [ rıdl ] noun count 1. ) a question that seems impossible or silly but has a clever or funny answer: Are you good at solving riddles? a ) talk/speak in riddles to say things that are confusing and difficult to understand: Please stop… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
riddle — I n 1. puzzle, puzzler, poser, conundrum; code, cryptogram, cryptograph; rhymed puzzle, anagram, logogriph, word game, acrostic, Trademark. Double Crostic, crossword puzzle, Inf. crossword, diagramless puzzle, Inf. diagramless; charade, guessing… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
riddle — 1. noun a) A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature, such as Its black, and white, and red all over. What is it? b) A sieve. Syn … Wiktionary
Riddle — Rid dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Riddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Riddling}.] 1. To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel. [1913 Webster] 2. To perforate so as to make like a … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
riddle — Ⅰ. riddle [1] ► NOUN 1) a question or statement phrased so as to require ingenuity in finding its answer or meaning. 2) a puzzling person or thing. ► VERB archaic ▪ speak in or pose riddles. DERIVATIVES riddler noun … English terms dictionary
riddle — riddle1 [rid′ l] n. [ME ridil < OE rædels, akin to rædan, to guess, READ1] 1. a problem or puzzle in the form of a question, statement, etc. so formulated that some ingenuity is required to solve or answer it; conundrum 2. any puzzling,… … English World dictionary
riddle — riddle1 /rid l/, n., v., riddled, riddling. n. 1. a question or statement so framed as to exercise one s ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum. 2. a puzzling question, problem, or matter. 3. a puzzling thing or person. 4 … Universalium
riddle — [[t]rɪ̱d(ə)l[/t]] riddles, riddling, riddled 1) N COUNT 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. 2) N COUNT You can describe something as a riddle if people have… … English dictionary