"riddle me that, Batman" meaning in English

See riddle me that, Batman in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-riddle me that, Batman.wav
Etymology: From the formulaic phrase riddle me this, additionally referring to the Batman comic book universe, in which the fictional supervillain the Riddler would pose puzzles for Batman to solve (riddle). Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} riddle me that, Batman
  1. Said to demand that the listener take notice of a question or situation just mentioned, especially one that is particularly difficult to solve or explain. Wikipedia link: Batman, Batman (comic book), Riddler Synonyms (a demand that the listener solve a conundrum): riddle me this, Batman
    Sense id: en-riddle_me_that,_Batman-en-phrase-yOpHfLsc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English imperative sentences, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Batman
{
  "etymology_text": "From the formulaic phrase riddle me this, additionally referring to the Batman comic book universe, in which the fictional supervillain the Riddler would pose puzzles for Batman to solve (riddle).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "riddle me that, Batman",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English imperative sentences",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Batman",
          "orig": "en:Batman",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              146,
              168
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2009, John C. Stipa, No Greater Sacrifice, page 55:",
          "text": "\"That too. But it's this: how can a benevolent being let such bad things happen? Terrorism, world hunger, AIDS, people dying too young of cancer. Riddle me that, Batman.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              158,
              180
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2014, Marni Bates, Awkwardly Ever After, page 77:",
          "text": "\"You have no idea what's going on, Melanie,\" she snarled. \"No. Freaking. Clue. I'm going to have to join witness protection, and then where will you be, huh? Riddle me that, Batman!\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              62,
              85
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2014, Jason Medina, The Diary of Audrey Malone Frayer, page 135:",
          "text": "Why can't Jerry and I be together forever like a real couple? Riddle me that, Batman? Society? No. Idiots.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Said to demand that the listener take notice of a question or situation just mentioned, especially one that is particularly difficult to solve or explain."
      ],
      "id": "en-riddle_me_that,_Batman-en-phrase-yOpHfLsc",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "a demand that the listener solve a conundrum",
          "word": "riddle me this"
        },
        {
          "sense": "a demand that the listener solve a conundrum",
          "word": "Batman"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Batman",
        "Batman (comic book)",
        "Riddler"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-riddle me that, Batman.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-riddle_me_that%2C_Batman.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-riddle_me_that%2C_Batman.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-riddle_me_that%2C_Batman.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-riddle_me_that%2C_Batman.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "riddle me that, Batman"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From the formulaic phrase riddle me this, additionally referring to the Batman comic book universe, in which the fictional supervillain the Riddler would pose puzzles for Batman to solve (riddle).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "riddle me that, Batman",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English eponyms",
        "English imperative sentences",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrases",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Batman"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              146,
              168
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2009, John C. Stipa, No Greater Sacrifice, page 55:",
          "text": "\"That too. But it's this: how can a benevolent being let such bad things happen? Terrorism, world hunger, AIDS, people dying too young of cancer. Riddle me that, Batman.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              158,
              180
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2014, Marni Bates, Awkwardly Ever After, page 77:",
          "text": "\"You have no idea what's going on, Melanie,\" she snarled. \"No. Freaking. Clue. I'm going to have to join witness protection, and then where will you be, huh? Riddle me that, Batman!\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              62,
              85
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2014, Jason Medina, The Diary of Audrey Malone Frayer, page 135:",
          "text": "Why can't Jerry and I be together forever like a real couple? Riddle me that, Batman? Society? No. Idiots.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Said to demand that the listener take notice of a question or situation just mentioned, especially one that is particularly difficult to solve or explain."
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Batman",
        "Batman (comic book)",
        "Riddler"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-riddle me that, Batman.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-riddle_me_that%2C_Batman.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-riddle_me_that%2C_Batman.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-riddle_me_that%2C_Batman.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-riddle_me_that%2C_Batman.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "a demand that the listener solve a conundrum",
      "word": "riddle me this"
    },
    {
      "sense": "a demand that the listener solve a conundrum",
      "word": "Batman"
    }
  ],
  "word": "riddle me that, Batman"
}

Download raw JSONL data for riddle me that, Batman meaning in English (2.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (e937b02 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.