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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 .

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pierce

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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 .

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perplex

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[ noun ] a difficult problem

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 .

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problem

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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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communicate

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[ verb ] explain a riddle

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solve

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[ verb ] separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff

Synonyms

screen

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sift sieve

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[ noun ] a coarse sieve (as for gravel)

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sieve

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