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Definition of Riddled
1. Adjective. (often followed by 'with') damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes. "The bullet-riddled target"
2. Adjective. Spread throughout. "Cities riddled with corruption"
Definition of Riddled
1. Adjective. Damaged throughout by holes. ¹
2. Adjective. Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation. ¹
3. Verb. (past of riddle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Riddled
1. riddle [v] - See also: riddle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Riddled
Literary usage of Riddled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Fragments. 1786 'Twill make her poor auld heart....In flinders flee.— Burns, '
On a Scotch Bard.' (NED) 1848 [He] had riddled to flinders their young ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1862)
"... and those portions which were not plated with iron were badly riddled. lire »t
thirty-four minutes past twelve o'clock, ! a casualty on our part, ..."
3. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"The one at the house immediately invested and riddled it with musketry, grape
and cannon snot ior a lull hour, the colonel defending it most gallantly, ..."
4. The Chronicles of Baltimore: Being a Complete History of "Baltimore Town by John Thomas Scharf (1874)
"During the night the office was again attacked, and the windows completely riddled.
The occupants were compelled to flee for their lives and take refuge in ..."
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