Definitions of puzzle [ˈpʌz əl]

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Definition of 'puzzle'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) puzzle
a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.

2.  puzzle
a puzzling question, matter, or person.

3.  puzzle
a puzzled or perplexed condition.

4. (v.t.) puzzle
to mystify; confuse; baffle.

5.  puzzle
to exercise (oneself, one's brain, etc.) over some problem or matter.

6. (v.i.) puzzle
to ponder over some perplexing problem or matter.

7.  puzzle
puzzle out, to solve by careful study or effort.

Etymology: (1585–95; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'puzzle'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) puzzle, puzzler, mystifier, teaser
a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
"he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"

2. (verb) puzzle
a game that tests your ingenuity

3. (verb) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

4. (verb) puzzle
be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
"We puzzled over her sudden departure"

Definition of 'puzzle'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) puzzle
a game with pieces you put together to make a picture
to do a puzzle

2. puzzle
an activity that involves solving problems
word/math puzzles

3. (verb) puzzle
to confuse or be difficult to understand
Their relationship puzzled him.; It puzzles me why she never told us.

Definition of 'puzzle'

Webster Dictionary

1. puzzle
something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making

2. puzzle
the state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle

3. (verb) puzzle
to perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus

4. (verb) puzzle
to make intricate; to entangle

5. (verb) puzzle
to solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery

6. (verb) puzzle
to be bewildered, or perplexed

7. (verb) puzzle
to work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem

Translation of 'puzzle'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to perplex, baffle or bewilder The question puzzled them; What puzzles me is how he got here so soon.
Afrikaans: verbaas, verbyster	Arabic: يُرْبِك، يُحَيِّر	Bulgarian: озадачавам
Brazilian: desorientar	Czech: zmást	German: verwirren
Danish: forvirre; forundre	Greek: προβληματίζω, φέρνω σε σύ	Spanish: dejar perplejo, confundir
Estonian: hämmeldama	Farsi: گیج کردن	Finnish: kummastuttaa
French: rendre perplexe	Hebrew: לְהָווֹת חִידָה	Hindi: समस्या
Hungarian: zavarba hoz; fejtörést ok	Indonesian: membingungkan	Icelandic: valda heilabrotum, rugla
Italian: rendere perplesso, sconce	Japanese: 迷わせる	Korean: 당황하게 하다
Lithuanian: (nu)stebinti	Latvian: apmulsināt	Malay: membingungkan
Dutch: voor een raadsel plaatsen	Norwegian: volde hodebry, forvirre	Polish: zaskoczyć
Persian: گیج کردن	Pashto: اريانول	Portuguese: desorientar
Romanian: a nedumeri; a lăsa perple	Russian: озадачивать	Slovak: zmiasť
Slovenian: zmesti	Serbian: zbuniti	Swedish: förbrylla, vålla huvudbry
Thai: ทำให้งง	Turkish: şaşırtmak, kafasını karış	Taiwanese: 使迷惑，迷惑不解
Ukrainian: ставити в глухий кут; спа	Urdu: حيراني ميں مبتلا کرنا	Vietnamese: làm bối rối
Chinese: 使迷惑，迷惑不解
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