'Riddled' definitions:
Definition of 'riddled'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(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"
adjective
Spread throughout; "cities riddled with corruption"
Definition of 'Riddled'
From: GCIDE
- Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Riddled (r[i^]d"d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Riddling (r[i^]d"dl[i^]ng).]
- 1. To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot. [1913 Webster]