Definitions of Baffle [ˈbæf əl]

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Definition of 'Baffle'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) baffle
to confuse, bewilder, or perplex.

2.  baffle
to frustrate or confound; thwart by creating confusion or bewilderment.

3.  baffle
to check or deflect the movement of (sound, light, gases, etc.).

4.  baffle
Obs. to cheat; trick.

5. (n.) baffle
something that balks, checks, or deflects.

6.  baffle
an artificial obstruction for checking or deflecting the flow of sounds, light, gases, etc.

7.  baffle
any boxlike enclosure or flat panel for mounting a loudspeaker.

Etymology: (1540–50; of uncert. orig.)

Definition of 'Baffle'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) baffle, baffle board
a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy

2. (verb) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

3. (verb) thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

4. (verb) baffle, regulate
check the emission of (sound)

Definition of 'Baffle'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) baffle
to cause sb to feel confused
Her behavior baffles me sometimes.; baffled by his illness; a baffling mystery

Definition of 'Baffle'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Baffle
a defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture

2. (verb) Baffle
to cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight

3. (verb) Baffle
to check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil

4. (verb) Baffle
to check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart

5. (verb) Baffle
to practice deceit

6. (verb) Baffle
to struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds

Translation of 'Baffle'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to puzzle (a person) I was baffled by her attitude towards her husband.
Afrikaans: dronkgeslaan	Arabic: يُحيّـر ، يُربك	Bulgarian: обърквам
Brazilian: desconcertar	Czech: zmást, vyvést z míry	German: verwirren
Danish: forvirre; være i vildrede	Greek: μπερδεύω, φέρνω κπ. σε αμ	Spanish: desconcertar
Estonian: segadusse ajama	Farsi: گیج کردن	Finnish: hämmentää
French: déconcerter	Hebrew: לְהַבִיך	Hindi: असमंजस में डालना
Croatian: zbuniti	Hungarian: zavarba ejt	Indonesian: heran
Icelandic: vera/gera ráðþrota/hlessa	Italian: sconcertare	Japanese: 困惑させる
Korean: 당황하게 하다	Lithuanian: sutrikdyti, sugluminti	Latvian: []mulsināt
Malay: bingung	Dutch: in de war brengen	Norwegian: forvirre, forbløffe
Polish: zaskakiwać	Persian: گیج کردن	Pashto: ويجاړول، شنډول، خرابول، خ
Portuguese: espantar	Romanian: a zăpăci	Russian: озадачивать
Slovak: vyviesť z miery	Slovenian: zbegati	Serbian: zapanjiti
Swedish: förbrylla	Thai: ทำให้งุนงง	Turkish: şaşırtmak, afallatmak
Taiwanese: 使困惑	Ukrainian: збивати з пантелику	Urdu: اچنبھے میں پڑنا
Vietnamese: bối rối	Chinese: 使困惑
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