Definitions for BAFFLE
ˈbæf əlbaf·fle

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. baffle, baffle boardverb

   a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy

2. perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfoundverb

   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. thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilkverb

   hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

   "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

4. baffle, regulateverb

   check the emission of (sound)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bafflenoun

   A device used to restrain or regulate, e.g. sound, light, gas, or a fluid.

   Tanker trucks use baffles to keep the fluids in them from sloshing around inside.

2. bafflenoun

   An architectural feature designed to confuse enemies or make them vulnerable

3. baffleverb

   Totally bewilder; confuse or perplex.

   I am baffled by the contradictions and omissions in the instructions.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bafflenoun

   A defeat.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   It is the skill of the disputant that keeps off a baffle. South.

   The authors having missed of their aims, are fain to retreat with frustration and a baffle. South.

2. To Baffleverb

   Etymology: beffler, Fr.

   1. To elude.

   They made a shift to think themselves guiltless, in spite of all their sins; to break the precept, and at the same time to baffle the curse. South.

   He hath deserved to have the grace withdrawn, which he hath so long baffled and defied. Francis Atterbury.

   2. To confound; to defeat with some confusion, as by perplexing or amusing; to baffle is sometimes less than to conquer.

   Etruria lost,
   He brings to Turnus’ aid his baffled host. John Dryden, Æneid.

   When the mind has brought itself to close thinking, it may go on roundly. Every abstruse problem, every intricate question will not baffle, discourage, or break it. John Locke.

   3. To crush; to bring to nothing.

   A foreign potentate trembles at a war with the English nation, ready to employ against him such revenues as shall baffle his designs upon their country. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 20.

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1. baffle

   Baffle is a verb that mainly means to bewilder or perplex, to confuse someone, or prevent someone from understanding or figuring out something. It can also refer to a device used to restrain or regulate the flow of a liquid, gas, sound, or light. As a noun, baffle refers to the device used for the aforementioned purpose.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Baffleverb

   to cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight

2. Baffleverb

   to check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil

3. Baffleverb

   to check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart

4. Baffleverb

   to practice deceit

5. Baffleverb

   to struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds

6. Bafflenoun

   a defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Baffle

   A baffle is a tunnel or wall artificially constructed within the heart or great vessels for the purpose of redirecting blood flow in cases of congenital heart defects.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Baffle

   baf′fl, v.t. to check or make ineffectual: (obs.) to cheat, hoodwink, bewilder, bring to nought: (obs.) to disgrace publicly.—ns. Baf′fle (obs.), confusion, check; Baf′fler, a bewilderer, confounder.—To baffle out of (obs.), to juggle out of anything. [Prob. Scotch and connected with bauchle; but cf. Fr. beffler, from O. Fr. befe, mockery. Paul Meyer suggests a derivation from Prov. baf, interj. of disdain.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of BAFFLE in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of BAFFLE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of BAFFLE in a Sentence

1. William Feather:

   Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.

2. Dusto:

   If you can't baffle them with bullshit, then bullshit them with brilliance

3. Ahmed Korayem:

   It never ceases to baffle me at how one's more willing to accept the unacceptable as long as it can be rationalized

4. Del Rio:

   I mean, the evidence that I'm aware of as of today is that close to 40 % of the cases of the infections are asymptomatic and asymptomatic people transmit the infection, so, not testing -- I mean, if you have been in contact with somebody for a few minutes, that's okay. But if you have been in contact for 50 minutes and that people doesn't have a mask, I think you need to be tested regardless if you have symptoms or not. We know especially young people going into the house and then transmit inside the household. So, the guidelines baffle me and I really don't understand them.

5. Del Rio:

   I mean, the evidence that I'm aware of as of today is that close to 40 % of the cases of the infections are asymptomatic and asymptomatic people transmit the infection, so, not testing -- I mean, if you have been in contact with somebody for a few minutes, that's okay. But if you have been in contact for 50 minutes and that people doesn't have a mask, I think you need to be tested regardless if you have symptoms or not. We know especially young people going into White House and then transmit inside the household. So, the guidelines baffle me and I really don't understand them.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=BAFFLE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Baffle
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=BAFFLE
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/BAFFLE
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=BAFFLE
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=BAFFLE