Meaning of puzzle in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.

  Example: Where he went after he left the house is a puzzle.

• A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.

• A crossword puzzle.

• A jigsaw puzzle.

• A riddle.

• Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.

• The state of being puzzled; perplexity.

  Example: to be in a puzzle

verb

• To perplex (someone).

• To think long and carefully, in bewilderment.

  Example: We puzzled over the curious-shaped lock, but were unable to discover how the key should be inserted.

• To make intricate; to entangle.