Found 3 items, similar to puzzle.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: puzzle
badek-badekan, teka-teki
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: puzzle
puzzle
n 1: a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a
correct solution;
“he loved to solve chessmate puzzles”;
“that's a real puzzler” [syn:
puzzler,
mystifier,
teaser]
2: a toy that tests your ingenuity
puzzle
v 1: 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” [syn:
perplex,
vex,
stick,
get,
mystify,
baffle,
beat,
pose,
bewilder,
flummox,
stupefy,
nonplus,
gravel,
amaze,
dumbfound]
2: be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding
or being able to decide;
“We puzzled over her sudden
departure”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: puzzle
puzzle
\puz"zle\ (p[u^]z"z'l), 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a
puzzle.
[1913 Webster]
puzzle
\puz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
puzzled (p[u^]z"z'ld);
p. pr. & vb. n.
puzzling (p[u^]z"zl[i^]ng).]
1. To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand;
to nonplus.
[1913 Webster]
A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous
in puzzling others. --Dr. H. More.
[1913 Webster]
He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his
own blunders. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. To make intricate; to entangle.
[1913 Webster]
They disentangle from the puzzled skein. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate,
Puzzled in mazes, and perplexed with error.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
3. To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out;
as, to puzzle out a mystery.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To embarrass; perplex; confuse; bewilder; confound. See
Embarrass.
[1913 Webster]