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To pierce and make a hole or holes in
“If an open spot is a favorable nesting place, wasps may congregate there in numbers sufficient to riddle the surface with holes.”
To pass (a substance) through a large coarse sieve
“Riddle the flour, baking powder, and cacao, and whip them together.”
To fill or permeate, especially with something undesirable
“Disinfectant would riddle through the air as well as a host of other foul smells.”
To hit repeatedly with small missiles or gunshot
To make a play on words
To decode or decipher
Puzzles or a questions constructed to exercise the intellect
“We who want to know all and never stop wanting to know more turn life itself into a problem, reducing it into a riddle we need to solve.”
Plural for a utensil consisting of a mesh held in a frame, used for sifting or straining
Plural for a seemingly absurd or contradictory proposition that may prove to be true
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