Riddled

verb

/ˈɹɪdəld/

Word Frequency: 0.8

Definitions

1.verbTo speak ambiguously or enigmatically.

2.verbTo solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.

"Riddle me this."

3.verbTo put something through a riddle or sieve, to sieve, to sift.

"You have to riddle the gravel before you lay it on the road."

4.verbTo fill with holes like a riddle.

"The shots from his gun began to riddle the targets."

5.verbTo fill or spread throughout; to pervade.

"Your argument is riddled with errors."

6.verbTo plait

7.adjectiveDamaged throughout by holes.

8.adjectiveHaving (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation.

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