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riddle

 
 
/ˈrɪdl/ noun [C]

Translation

QUESTION a strange and difficult question that has a clever and often funny answer
bilmece
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NOT UNDERSTAND a situation or event that you cannot understand
muamma, esrar, sır, bilmece
Scientists may have solved the riddle of Saturn's rings.10731785
(Definition of riddle noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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