puzzle
noun, verb
noun


1 a game, etc. that you have to think about carefully in order to answer it or do it:
a crossword puzzle a book of puzzles for children

2 (especially AmE)     JIGSAW

3 [usually sing.] something that is difficult to understand or explain
SYN MYSTERY:
The deeper meaning of the poem remains a puzzle. The detectives were beginning to solve the murder. All the pieces in the puzzle were falling neatly into place.
verb [VN] to make sb feel confused because they do not understand sth:
What puzzles me is why he left the country without telling anyone.
puzzling adjective:
one of the most puzzling aspects of the crime
PHRASAL VERBS
puzzle over / about sth to think hard about sth in order to understand or explain it:
Karen puzzled over the question all evening.
puzzle sth<->out to find the answer to a difficult or confusing problem by thinking carefully:
[ wh-] He was trying to puzzle out why he had been brought to the house.

▼ Từ liên quan / Related words

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms: puzzler   mystifier   teaser   perplex   vex   stick   get   mystify   baffle   beat   pose   bewilder