Bible Dictionaries
Puzzle

Webster's Dictionary

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Prev Entry
Puzzier

Next Entry
Puzzle-Headed

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Dictionaries
Webster Dictionary
• Puzzling
• Puzzled
• Puzzle-Headed
•   (only first 3 shown)
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Puzzle

(1):

(v. t.) To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus.

(2):

(v. t.) To make intricate; to entangle.

(3):

(v. t.) To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; - followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery.

(4):

(v. i.) To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.

(5):

(v.) The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.

(6):

(v.) Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.

(7):

(v. i.) To be bewildered, or perplexed.