Riddle Definition Oxford Dictionary. To pierce with numerous holes. To make many holes in something or someone with something.
Riddle n1 A word game or joke comprising a question or statement couched in deliberately puzzling terms propounded for solving by the hearerreader using clues embedded within that wording Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore early 13c from Old English rædels riddle. Be riddled with something. A mysterious event or situation that you cannot explain synonym mystery the riddle of her husbands murder.
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Jump to other results. A mystifying misleading or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed. Scholars have not completely solved the riddle of the sphinx. Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
