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[ verb ] pierce many times
Examples "The bullets riddled his body" Used in print (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)In_time , these minor manifestations will multiply and effloresce , riddling you with frambesia , the king's_evil , sheep_rot , and clonic spasm , until your very existence becomes a burden and you cry_out_for release . Related terms |
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[ verb ] set a difficult problem or riddle
Examples "riddle me a riddle" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)It is worth dwelling in some detail on the crisis of this story , because it brings_together a number of characteristic elements and makes of them a curious , riddling compound obscurely but centrally significant for Mann 's work . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a difficult problem
Synonyms Used in print (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)It has come to mean myths , legends , tales , songs , proverbs , riddles , superstitions , rhymes and such literary forms of expression . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 871
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[ verb ] speak in riddles
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[ verb ] explain a riddle
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[ noun ] a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
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