Definition of Puzzle

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Puzzle

Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.

The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.

To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus.

To make intricate; to entangle.

To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery.

To be bewildered, or perplexed.

To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.

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Puzzle Quotations

There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.
Deepak Chopra

Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.
Lewis Carroll

Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.
Ambrose Bierce

People who work crossword puzzles know that if they stop making progress, they should put the puzzle down for a while.
Marilyn vos Savant

The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.
Douglas Horton

The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.
Stephen Sondheim

Math, it's a puzzle to me. I love figuring out puzzles.
Maya Lin

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning.
Oliver Goldsmith

No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante

The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle.
Randy Neugebauer

Puzzle Translations

puzzle in Afrikaans is verwar
puzzle in Danish is forvirre
puzzle in Dutch is puzzel, raadsel
puzzle in Portuguese is enigma
puzzle in Swedish is pussel

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