puzzle, question or statement presenting a problem to be solved; enigma, mystery; sieve, screen used for sifting
solve, interpret; swell up, inflate; perforate, pierce; detonate, explode
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Riddle Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
An ancient tradition of the Hobbits.
An ancient game of the Hobbits, used as a means of settling disputes. The players continued to ask each other riddles until one failed to provide a correct answer.
An ancient game of the Hobbits, used as a means of settling disputes. The players continued to ask each other riddles until one failed to provide a correct answer.
Gardener for the Riddle family.
Home of the Riddle family in the village of Little Hangleton, it was "once a fine-looking manor, and easily the largest and grandest building for miles around".
The father of Tom Marvolo Riddle.
A young Lord Voldemort; born of a muggle father and a witch mother who died in childbirth.
Riddle Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel.
To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel.
(v. t.)
To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.
To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.
(v. t.)
To explain; to solve; to unriddle.
To explain; to solve; to unriddle.
(v. i.)
To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
(n.)
Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling.
Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling.
(n.)
A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.
A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.
(n.)
A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
riddle
ride \ride\ (?), v. i. [imp. rode (rōd) (rid [r&ibreve;d], archaic); p. p. ridden (&?;) (rid, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. riding (&?;).] [as. rīdan; akin to lg. riden, d. rijden, g. reiten, ohg. rītan, icel. rī?a, sw. rida, dan. ride; cf. l. raeda a carriage, which is from a celtic word. cf. road.]
1. to be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse. to-morrow, when ye riden by the way. let your master ride on before, and do you gallop after him.
2. to be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. see synonym, below. the richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants.
3. to be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie. men once walked where ships at anchor ride.
4. to be supported in motion; to rest. strong as the exletree on which heaven rides. on whose foolish honesty my practices ride easy!
5. to manage a horse, as an equestrian. he rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease.
6. to support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
similar words(1)
riddle canon
Origin
A form of Winston Churchill's quotation, made in a radio broadcast in Oct 1939: 'I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.'
A form of Winston Churchill's quotation, made in a radio broadcast in Oct 1939: 'I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.'
Meaning
Urinate. Jimmy Riddle = piddle.
Origin
Cockney rhyming slang. I imagine JR was a well known character in the East End of London at one time. Anyone know who he was?
© 2004 The Phrase Finder. Take a look at Phrase Finder’s sister site, the Phrases Thesaurus, a subscription service for professional writers & language lovers.Urinate. Jimmy Riddle = piddle.
Origin
Cockney rhyming slang. I imagine JR was a well known character in the East End of London at one time. Anyone know who he was?
Dyfal = n. simile, riddle, a. incessant; tedious; diligent, industrious
Hesgyn = n. a sieve, a riddle
Rhidyll = n. a riddle, a sieve
Rhydyllio = v. to riddle, to sift
Syfa = n. a riddle, a sieve
Noun
1. a difficult problem
(synonym) conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser
(hypernym) problem
2. a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
(hypernym) sieve, screen
(derivation) screen
Verb
1. pierce many times; "The bullets riddled his body"
(hypernym) pierce
2. set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle"
(hypernym) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
(derivation) conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser
3. separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
(synonym) screen
(hypernym) sift, sieve, strain
4. speak in riddles
(hypernym) communicate, intercommunicate
(derivation) conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser
5. explain a riddle
(hypernym) solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
Riddle Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
Riddle Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A riddle is a or question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: enigmas, which are problems generally expressed in metaphorical or allegorical language that require ingenuity and careful thinking for their solution, and conundrums, which are questions relying for their effects on punning in either the question or the answer.
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Riddle Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
(Heb. hodah). The oldest and, strictly speaking, the only example of a riddle was that propounded by Samson (Judg. 14:12-18). The parabolic prophecy in Ezek. 17:2-18 is there called a "riddle." It was rather, however, an allegory. The word "darkly" in 1 Cor. 13:12 is the rendering of the Greek enigma; marg., "in a riddle."
It is known that all ancient nations, and especially Orientals, were fond of riddles. The riddles which the queen of Sheba came to ask of Solomon, (1 Kings 10:1; 2 Chronicles 9:1) were rather "hard questions" referring to profound inquiries. Solomon is said, however, to have been very fond of riddles. Riddles were generally proposed in verse, like the celebrated riddle of Samson. (Judges 14:14-19)
a riddle; sharpness of wit
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock. About