riddle
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(verb) set a riddle |
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Related Words: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stupefy, stupify, trounce |
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| 2. |
(verb) explain a riddle |
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Related Words: figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, work |
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(verb) speak in riddles |
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Related Words: communicate, intercommunicate |
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(verb) pierce many times; "The bullets riddled his body" |
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Related Words: pierce |
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(verb) separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff |
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Synonyms: screen |
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Related Words: sieve, sift, strain |
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(noun) a coarse sieve (as for gravel) |
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Related Words: screen, sieve |
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(noun) a difficult problem |
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Synonyms: brain-teaser, conundrum, enigma |
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Related Words: problem |
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