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doorspekt — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • riddle noun A question or statement phrased puzzlingly, meant to be solved for fun or as a test of wit.

Senses

doorspekt is used for these senses in English:

  • riddle (figuratively) To fill or spread throughout; to pervade (with something destructive or weakening).

riddle — full definition

  1. noun A question or statement phrased puzzlingly, meant to be solved for fun or as a test of wit.
  2. noun A coarse sieve used to separate finer material from coarser material, such as sifting gravel from sand.
  3. verb To pierce something with many holes, or to fill it thoroughly with something, often something damaging.

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