riddle

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for riddle

riddle 🔊 /ɹɪˈdʌl/

riddle : ලොකු පෙනේරය

riddle : පෙනේරෙන් හළනවා

riddle : ප්‍රහ්ලිකාව

riddle : ප්‍රහේලිකාව

riddle : ගැටලු ප්‍රකාශය

riddle : හලනය

riddle : තුන්තේරවිල්ල

riddle definition

Noun.

  1. 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.
  2. A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
  3. Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling.

Transitive verb.

  1. To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel.
  2. To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.
  3. To explain; to solve; to unriddle.

Intransitive verb. To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.