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What word is this riddle describing?
Pronounced differently but spelled the same
I have many meanings from obscure to mundane
In a trip across water I get there before you
In precipitation amazing, a marvel to awe you
One naming of me means to acknowledge the praise
I move fastest in music as the violin maestro plays
Taught to children of all ages , or trip up they would
I was also much favoured by a notorious Hood.
Pronounced differently but spelled the same
I have many meanings from obscure to mundane
In a trip across water I get there before you
In precipitation amazing, a marvel to awe you
One naming of me means to acknowledge the praise
I move fastest in music as the violin maestro plays
Taught to children of all ages , or trip up they would
I was also much favoured by a notorious Hood.
Answer
BOWPronounced Bow (as in cow) or Bow (as in Toe)
In a trip across water in a boat, the front of the boat gets there first.
The front of a ship is the BOW
In precipitation(rain) you sometimes get a RainBOW
If you get a lot of praise, like applause, you may take a BOW
A violinist moves a horsehair BOW over the strings to produce the notes.
Children of all ages are taught to tie their shoe laces in a BOW to avoid
them tripping over them.
Of course the notorious Hood is Robin Hood whose weapon of choice was the
BOW and arrow.
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Take a bow yourself...cool riddle!
That was really hard.........which just made it all the more rewarding when I eventually solved it. Nice job.
Only reason I got it was because of Hood. The rest made no sense to me.
No surprise there then
I'd just like to point out that "same" and "mundane" do not perfectly rhyme. As such, I'm subtracting .01 points off of your score. But I'm rounding up.
everyone's a critic. funny though, its so long sice I wrote this riddle when I looked at it today I couldn't remember the answer myself
Violins? Robin Hood? That was enough for me, I think.
Nice fun riddle; not too difficult, thanks!
Got it pretty quickly, but I didn't find it too easy. Good one!
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