riddled
ri duhld
- v pierce with many holes
The bullets riddled his body - v set a difficult problem or riddle
- v separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
- v spread or diffuse through
His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks - v speak in riddles
- v explain a riddle
- s (often followed by `with') damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes
a sweater riddled with moth holes
cliffs riddled with caves
the bullet-riddled target - s spread throughout
cities riddled with corruption
- But the future of Khabarovsk riddled with sushi bars, Internet cafes, boutique hotels and endless streams of Chinese and Korean tourists is not in Moscow.
- The Da Vinci Code's Opus Dei--a powerful, ultraconservative Roman Catholic faction riddled with sadomasochistic ritual, one of whose members commits serial murder in pursuit of a .
- And the list of most popular dieting queries are riddled with quick fixes such as "diet pills" and "the sacred heart diet," an urban-legend diet promising a 10-pound weight loss in .