puzzle
🇺🇸
/ˈpʌzl/
🇬🇧
/ˈpʌzl/
noun
B2
A game or problem that needs careful thinking to solve.
I enjoy doing a puzzle that makes me think hard.
C1
Something that is hard to understand or explain.
The mystery was a puzzle that took years to solve.
R
A picture cut into pieces that you put back together.
We spent the afternoon putting together a puzzle of a mountain scene.
verb
R
To confuse someone because they don't understand.
His strange behavior continues to puzzle everyone who knows him.
translation
A game or problem that needs careful thinking to solve.; Something that is hard to understand or explain.; A picture cut into pieces that you put back together.
To confuse someone because they don't understand.
Word Forms
3rd Present
puzzles
Progressive
puzzling
Past
puzzled
Plural
puzzles
Perfect
puzzled