1. a puzzle in which words or phrases are represented by pictures, symbols, or letters arranged in a way that suggests the solution

Examples

• The children enjoyed solving the rebus that showed an eye followed by a heart and the letter U.
• She created a rebus for her birthday invitation using symbols instead of words.
• The newspaper’s Sunday puzzle section always includes a challenging rebus.
• In the rebus, a picture of a bee plus the letter ‘fore’ spelled ‘before’.
• The teacher used a rebus to help students remember vocabulary words.
• Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs sometimes functioned like a rebus system.