- a question or statement so framed as to exercise one's ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum.
- a puzzling question, problem, or matter.
- a puzzling thing or person.
- any enigmatic or dark saying or speech.
- to propound riddles; speak enigmatically.
- to pierce with many holes, suggesting those of a sieve: to riddle the target.
- to fill or affect with (something undesirable, weakening, etc.): a government riddled with graft.
- to impair or refute completely by persistent verbal attacks: to riddle a person's reputation.
- to sift through a riddle, as gravel; screen.
- a coarse sieve, as one for sifting sand in a foundry.
- a question, puzzle, or verse so phrased that ingenuity is required for elucidation of the answer or meaning; conundrum
- a person or thing that puzzles, perplexes, or confuses; enigma
- to solve, explain, or interpret (a riddle or riddles)
- to speak in riddles
- to pierce or perforate with numerous holes
- to damage or impair
- to put through a sieve; sift
- to fill or pervade
- a sieve, esp a coarse one used for sand, grain, etc
