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The definition of a puzzle is game to exercise the brain by fitting different pieces together.
(noun)An example of a puzzle is the New York Times crossword.
To puzzle is defined as to confuse.
(verb)An example of to puzzle is someone with green eyes saying their eyes are brown.
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See puzzle in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb puzzled, puzzling
to perplex; confuse; bewilder; nonplus
Origin: ME *poselen (inferred < pp. poselet), to bewilder, confuse < ?
intransitive verb
- to be perplexed, etc.
- to exercise one's mind, as over the solution of a problem
noun
- the state of being puzzled; bewilderment
- a question, problem, etc. that puzzles
- a toy or problem for testing cleverness, skill, or ingenuity
Related Forms:
- puzzlement noun
- puzzler noun
See puzzle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb puz·zled, puz·zling, puz·zles verb, transitive
- To baffle or confuse mentally by presenting or being a difficult problem or matter.
- To clarify or solve (something confusing) by reasoning or study: He puzzled out the significance of the statement.
- To be perplexed.
- To ponder over a problem in an effort to solve or understand it.
- Something, such as a game, toy, or problem, that requires ingenuity and often persistence in solving or assembling.
- Something that baffles or confuses.
- The condition of being perplexed; bewilderment.
Origin:
Origin: Origin unknown
.Related Forms:
- puzˈzler noun
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