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1 baffle
['bæfl](to puzzle (a person): I was baffled by her attitude towards her husband.) zbegati- baffling* * *I [baefl]nounbeganje, izigravanje; prevaraII [baefl]transitive verbuničiti, pokaziti; speljati v stran; zbegati, zmesti; ovirati; izigravati, preprečiti; odbijatiit baffles all description — ne da se popisati, nepopisno jeto baffle s.o.'s designs — prekrižati komu račune -
2 baffle-painting
[baeflpeintiŋ]nounkamuflaža -
3 description
[-'skrip-]1) ((an) act of describing: I recognized him from your description.) opis2) (an account of anything in words: He gave a description of his holiday.) opis3) (a sort or kind: He carried a gun of some description.) vrsta* * *[diskrípšən]nounpopis, opis, oris; vrsta; strokato answer to the description — biti, kot so ga opisalia scoundrel of the worst description — lopov, da mu ni para -
4 puzzle
1. verb1) (to perplex, baffle or bewilder: The question puzzled them; What puzzles me is how he got here so soon.) zmesti2) (to think long and carefully about a problem etc: I puzzled over the sum for hours.) premišljevati2. noun1) (a problem that causes a lot of thought: Her behaviour was a puzzle to him.) uganka2) (a kind of game or toy to test one's thinking, knowledge or skill: a jig-saw puzzle; a crossword puzzle.) križanka, sestavljanka•- puzzling- puzzle out* * *I [pʌzl]nounuganka, težek problem; osuplost, zbeganost, zmedaII [pʌzl]1.transitive verbzmesti, zbegati, osupniti, začuditi; delati komu preglavice, dajati opravka; komplicirati, zmešati; beliti si glavo, premišljevati;2.intransitive verbbiti zmeden, zbegan (over, about)to puzzle it out — razvozlati, rešiti (problem) -
5 stump
1. noun1) (the part of a tree left in the ground after the trunk has been cut down: He sat on a (tree-)stump and ate his sandwiches.) štor2) (the part of a limb, tooth, pencil etc remaining after the main part has been cut or broken off, worn away etc.) štrcelj3) (in cricket, one of the three upright sticks forming the wicket.)2. verb1) (to walk with heavy, stamping steps: He stumped angrily out of the room.) hoditi s težkimi koraki2) (to puzzle or baffle completely: I'm stumped!) zbegati•- stumpy- stump up* * *I [stʌmp]nounštor, štrcelj, okrnek; (zobna) škrbina; konček, ostanek (cigarete, svinčnika itd.); čik; lesena noga; plural slang noge; brisalo (risarsko); majhna močna žival; težka hoja, topotanje; American colloquially izziv(anje); (cricket) ena od treh palic, ki tvorijo vrata; štor (panj) kot govorniški oder, figuratively javen govor, volilna propagandaup a stump American slang v stiski, v škripcihstump orator colloquially bučen volilen govornikto be on the stump colloquially biti na turneji predvolilnih (političnih) govorovto stir one's stumps colloquially pobegniti, popihati jo, odkuriti jostir your stumpsl slang stegni malo svoje noge!, pohiti!to take (to go on) the stump American iti na predvolilno propagandno potovanje (turnejo)II [stʌmp]intransitive verbhoditi s težkimi koraki, hrupno hoditi, težko stopati, topotati; colloquially biti pretežaven (o vprašanju); American colloquially imeti predvolilne govore, agitirati; transitive verb oklestiti (drevo) vse do štora; skrčiti, iztrebiti (štore); figuratively (zlasti pasivno) zbegati, spraviti v zadrego; (cricket) premagati nasprotnika; American colloquially prepotovati (kraje) kot predvolilni govornik; ublažiti (črte) z brisalom, senčiti z brisalom
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Baffle — can refer to: * Baffle (Speaker system enclosure or referred to as Cabinet) * Baffles (submarine) * Sound baffle * Baffle gate , which is a Turnstile * Baffle (game show) and All Star Baffle, a 1973 74 NBC daytime TV game show that was a revival… … Wikipedia
baffle — [ bafl ] n. m. • 1948; mot angl. « écran » ♦ Panneau sur lequel est monté le diffuseur d un haut parleur et qui permet de séparer le rayonnement de la face avant du haut parleur de celui de la face arrière afin d améliorer la sonorité. Recomm.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Baffle — Baf fle (b[a^]f f l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Baffled} ( f ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Baffling} ( fl[i^]ng).] [Cf. Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch tasteless, abashed, jaded, Icel. b[=a]gr uneasy, poor, or b[=a]gr, n., struggle,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Baffle — Baf fle, n. 1. A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture. [R.] A baffle to philosophy. South. [1913 Webster] 2. (Engin.) (a) A deflector, as a plate or wall, so arranged across a furnace or boiler flue as to mingle the hot gases and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
baffle — [v1] perplex addle, amaze, astound, befuddle, bewilder, buffalo*, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, elude, embarrass, faze, floor*, get, mix up, muddle, mystify, nonplus, puzzle, rattle, stick*, stump*, stun, throw; concepts 7,19,42 … New thesaurus
baffle — [baf′əl] vt. baffled, baffling [16th c. Scot; prob. respelling (as duff for dough, Affleck for Auchinleck) of obs. bauchle] 1. to confuse so as to keep from understanding or solving; puzzle; confound 2. to interfere with; hinder; impede 3. to… … English World dictionary
Baffle — Baf fle, v. i. 1. To practice deceit. [Obs.] Barrow. [1913 Webster] 2. To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
baffle — I verb balk, befog, beguile, bewilder, bluff, bother, check, circumvent, complicate, confound, confuse, cross, defeat, discomfort, disconcert, dismay, disrupt, evade, flummox, fool, frustrate, fuddle, hoax, hinder, impede, incommode,… … Law dictionary
Baffle — [bæfl, englisch] der oder das, s/ s, Vakuumtechnik: Prallfläche … Universal-Lexikon
baffle — → bafle … Diccionario panhispánico de dudas
baffle — balk, circumvent, outwit, foil, thwart, *frustrate Analogous words: *puzzle, mystify, confound, dumbfound: discomfit, rattle, faze, *embarrass, disconcert: *confuse, addle, muddle: *hamper, fetter, hog tie: *hinder, impede, obstruct, block … New Dictionary of Synonyms