"brain-teaser" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brain-teasers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brain-teaser (plural brain-teasers)
  1. A complex riddle or puzzle. Categories (topical): Games Translations (a complex riddle or puzzle): գլուխկոտրուկ (gluxkotruk) (Armenian), главоблъсканица (glavoblǎskanica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 脑筋急转弯 (nǎojīn jízhuǎnwān) (Chinese Mandarin), hjernegymnastik (Danish), hjernevrider (Danish), aivopähkinä (Finnish), casse-tête [masculine] (French), quebracabezas [masculine] (Galician), თავსატეხი (tavsaṭexi) (Georgian), Denksportaufgabe [feminine] (German), Kopfnuss [feminine] (German), gestaþraut [feminine] (Icelandic), rompicapo [masculine] (Italian), łamigłówka [feminine] (Polish), rozkmina [feminine] (Polish), quebra-cabeças [masculine] (Portuguese), головоло́мка (golovolómka) [feminine] (Russian), chemsha bongo (Swahili), metallpussel [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a complex riddle or puzzle",
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      "sense": "a complex riddle or puzzle",
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      "sense": "a complex riddle or puzzle",
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      "sense": "a complex riddle or puzzle",
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      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "a complex riddle or puzzle",
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      "sense": "a complex riddle or puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a complex riddle or puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a complex riddle or puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gestaþraut"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a complex riddle or puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "sense": "a complex riddle or puzzle",
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      "sense": "a complex riddle or puzzle",
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      "word": "rozkmina"
    },
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      "sense": "a complex riddle or puzzle",
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      "word": "quebra-cabeças"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "golovolómka",
      "sense": "a complex riddle or puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "головоло́мка"
    },
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a complex riddle or puzzle",
      "word": "chemsha bongo"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a complex riddle or puzzle",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "metallpussel"
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