PUZZLE


Meaning of PUZZLE in English

■ verb

1》 confuse (someone) on account of being difficult to understand.

2》 think hard about something difficult to understand.

■ noun

1》 a game, toy, or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge.

2》 a puzzling person or thing.

Derivatives

~ment noun

~r noun

puzzling adjective

puzzlingly adverb

Origin

C16: of unknown origin.

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