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Puzzle Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Puzzle?
[n] a toy that tests your ingenuity
[n] a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler" [v] be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem" [v] be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure" Synonyms | Synonyms for Puzzle: amaze | baffle | beat | bewilder | dumbfound | flummox | get | gravel | mystifier | mystify | nonplus | perplex | pose | puzzler | stupefy | teaser | vex Related Terms | Find terms related to Puzzle: See Also | bedevil | befuddle | chew over | Chinese puzzle | confound | confuse | contemplate | discombobulate | elude | escape | excogotate | figure out | fox | fuddle | jigsaw puzzle | lick | meditate | mix up | mull | mull over | muse | plaything | ponder | problem | puzzle out | puzzle over | reflect | riddle | ruminate | solve | speculate | stagger | stump | tangram | think over | throw | toy | work | work out Puzzle In Webster's Dictionary \Puz"zle\, n. [For opposal, in the sense of problem. See
{Oppose}, {Pose}, v.]
1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a
toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also,
something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.
2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a
puzzle.
\Puz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Puzzled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Puzzling}.] 1. To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus. A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous in puzzling others. --Dr. H. More. He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his own blunders. --Addison. 2. To make intricate; to entangle. They disentangle from the puzzled skein. --Cowper. The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplexed with error. --Addison. 3. To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery. Syn: To embarrass; perplex; confuse; bewilder; confound. See {Embarrass}. \Puz"zle\, v. i. 1. To be bewildered, or perplexed. A puzzling fool, that heeds nothing. --L'Estrange. 2. To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem. |
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