puzzle

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puz|zle /p'ʌzəl/ (puzzles)
1 [VERB] V n
If something puzzles you, you do not understand it and feel confused.
My sister puzzles me and causes me anxiety.
● puzzling [ADJ]
His letter poses a number of puzzling questions.
2 [VERB] V over/about n
If you puzzle over something, you try hard to think of the answer to it or the explanation for it.
In rehearsing Shakespeare, I puzzle over the complexities of his verse and prose.
3 [N-COUNT] oft supp N
A puzzle is a question, game, or toy which you have to think about carefully in order to answer it correctly or put it together properly.
...a word puzzle.
see also crossword
4 [N-SING] a N
You can describe a person or thing that is hard to understand as a puzzle.
Data from Voyager II has presented astronomers with a puzzle about why our outermost planet exists...
= mystery

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