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The correct spelling is riddle.
How to pronounce riddle
/ˈɹɪdəl/
nounIPA: /ˈɹɪdəl/
Say it like: Rid-dle
The correct spelling is riddle. A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature. For example: "Here's a riddle: It's black, and white, and red all over. What is it?"
Usage Examples
“Here's a riddle: It's black, and white, and red all over. What is it?”
“Riddle me this.”
“You have to riddle the gravel before you lay it on the road.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.
- 2.An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.
- 3.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.
- 4.A board with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
- 5.A curtain; bed-curtain
verb
- 1.To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
- 2.To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.
- 3.To put something through a riddle or sieve, to sieve, to sift.
- 4.To fill with holes like a riddle.
- 5.To fill or spread throughout; to pervade.
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