riddle
A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.
Example
“Here's a riddle: It's black, and white, and red all over. What is it?”
Other meanings
An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.
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.
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "rǣdels".
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This definition is adapted from “riddle” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.