a puzzle usually in the form of a question, which describes an object, person etc in a mysterious or misleading way: Can you guess the answer to this riddle?; The answer to the riddle ‘What flies for ever, and never rests?’ is ‘The wind’.
az: tapmaca
ru: загадка
to make (something) full of holes: They riddled the car with bullets.
az: deşik-deşik etmək
ru: изрешетить