"puzzling" meaning in English

See puzzling in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: puzzling [positive], more puzzling [comparative], most puzzling [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is puzzling, then it doesn't make sense or is confusing.
    Sense id: simple-puzzling-en-adj-u5Zp0cP1

Verb

Forms: puzzle [canonical], puzzles [third-person, singular], puzzled [past], puzzled [past, participle], puzzling [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|puzzl|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The present participle of puzzle.
    Sense id: simple-puzzling-en-verb-b9sEwyyX
     
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