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Definition of riddle verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

riddle

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈrɪdl//
 
[usually passive] riddle somebody/something (with something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they riddle
 
 he / she / it riddles
 
 past simple riddled
 
 -ing form riddling
 
 
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  • to make a lot of holes in someone or something The car was riddled with bullets. a bullet-riddled car
    • Idioms
    be riddled with something
     
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    to be full of something, especially something bad or unpleasant His body was riddled with cancer. Her typing was slow and riddled with mistakes. The woods are riddled with rabbit holes.
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