puzzle
puzzle: n. & v. --n.
1 a difficult or confusing problem; an enigma.
2 a problem or toy designed to test knowledge or ingenuity. --v.
1 tr. confound or disconcert mentally.
2 intr. (usu. foll. by over etc.) be perplexed (about).
3 tr. (usu. as puzzling adj.) require much thought to comprehend (a puzzling situation).
4 tr. (foll. by out) solve or understand by hard thought. puzzlement n. puzzlingly adv. [16th c.: orig. unkn.]
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