ˈmɒdl̩ ˈmɑdl̩ ˈpəʊzə(ɹ) ˈpoʊzɚ poʊˈzʊəɹ ˈtʌfi a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos a person who habitually pretends to be something they are not