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puzzling
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puzzling
Verb
  • present participle of puzzle
Adjective
  • Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.
Noun
  • Time spent pondering something confusing.
puzzle
Noun
  • Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
  • A game for one person that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.
  • A crossword puzzle.
  • A jigsaw puzzle.
  • A riddle.
  • Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction. archaic
  • The state of being puzzled; perplexity.
Verb
  • To perplex (someone). transitive
  • To make intricate; to entangle.