Puzzle | Mean of puzzle in English Dictionary
/ˈpʌzəl/
- Noun
- a question or problem that requires thought, skill, or cleverness to be answered or solved
- a book of puns, riddles, and puzzles
- something or someone that is difficult to understand
- The cause of the explosion was a puzzle. [=no one knew what caused the explosion]
- His strange behavior is a puzzle to his friends. [=his friends don't understand the reason for his strange behavior]
- Verb
- to confuse (someone)
- The question puzzled me. [=I did not know the answer to the question]
- The cause of the accident has puzzled investigators.
- I was puzzled by his behavior. [=I did not understand the reason for his behavior]
- to understand or find (something, such as the answer to a difficult problem) by careful thinking
- She puzzled out the meaning of the strange phrase.
- to think or worry for a long time about (something)
- He's been puzzling over whether to buy a new car.
- We puzzled over the best arrangement for the furniture.