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riddle

/ˈrɪdn̩/

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noun

plural riddles

[count] a difficult question that is asked as a game and that has a surprising or funny answer

The first person to solve the riddle wins a candy bar. - sometimes used figuratively

Stop speaking in riddles. [=stop speaking in a confusing way]

someone or something that is difficult to understand or solve

the riddle of the origins of the universe

My brother has always been a riddle to me.

verb

riddles; riddled; riddling

[+ obj] to make many holes in (something or someone) with something

The robbers riddled the car with bullets.

to fill (something) with something that is bad or unpleasant - usually used as (be) riddled with

The book is riddled with mistakes. [=the book has many mistakes]

Their theory is riddled with contradictions.