Word: riddle

Category: riddle

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Related words: riddle

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Synonyms: riddle

companion, friend, colleague, associate, partner, coworker, workmate, pal, crony, mate, chum, buddy, dawg, peeps, familiar, fellow, brother

Translations: riddle

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spanish
Translations:
adivinanza, enigma, rompecabezas, acribillar
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german
Translations:
rätsel
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french
Translations:
cribler, tamiser, passoire, devinette, énigme, sas, crible, tamis
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italian
Translations:
enigma, indovinello
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portuguese
Translations:
enigma, adivinhação, livrado, crivar
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dutch
Translations:
puzzel, raadsel
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russian
Translations:
сито, дырявить, изрешетить, пронизывать, решето, изрешечивать, просеивать, грохотить, решетить, грохот, ...
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norwegian
Translations:
gåte
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swedish
Translations:
gåta
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finnish
Translations:
arvoitus, seula
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danish
Translations:
gåde
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czech
Translations:
síto, prosívat, hádanka, řešeto
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polish
Translations:
rzeszoto, zagadka, tajemnica, podziurawić, sito
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turkish
Translations:
bilmece
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greek
Translations:
κοσκινίζω, γρίφος
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ukrainian
Translations:
визволення
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albanian
Translations:
gjëegjëzë
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bulgarian
Translations:
загадка
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estonian
Translations:
mõistatus
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croatian
Translations:
tajna, štit, rešeto, sito, ekran
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icelandic
Translations:
gáta
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latin
Translations:
griphus, ænigma
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lithuanian
Translations:
mįslė
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latvian
Translations:
mīkla
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romanian
Translations:
ghicitoare
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slovak
Translations:
hádanka

The meaning and "use of": riddle

noun
  • a question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning, typically presented as a game. - Shorter answers every other question with a riddle and punctuates his conversation with statements such as ‘The only constant is change.’
  • a large coarse sieve, especially one used for separating ashes from cinders or sand from gravel. - For inside the mill, the shelling stones began to turn, the riddles (large-meshed sieves) rhythmically shook and the millstones ground round and round.
verb
  • speak in or pose riddles. - he who knows not how to riddle
  • 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

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