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baffle (verb)

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  • baffle — ► VERB ▪ totally bewilder. ► NOUN ▪ a device used to restrain or regulate the flow of sound, light, gas, or a fluid. DERIVATIVES bafflement noun baffling adjective. ORIGIN perhaps related to French bafouer ridicule …   English terms dictionary

  • 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 — verb Baffle is used with these nouns as the object: ↑scientist …   Collocations dictionary

  • baffle — verb his explanations baffle the class Syn: perplex, puzzle, bewilder, mystify, bemuse, confuse, confound, disconcert; informal flummox, faze, stump, make someone scratch their head, be all Greek to, floor, discombobulate See note at thwart …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • baffle — verb 1》 totally bewilder. 2》 restrain or regulate (a fluid, a sound, etc.). noun a device used to restrain the flow of a fluid, gas, or loose material or to prevent the spreading of sound or light in a particular direction. Derivatives bafflement …   English new terms dictionary

  • baffle — verb Syn: puzzle, perplex, bewilder, mystify, confuse; informal flummox, stump, beat, fox Ant: enlighten …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • baffle — [16] The etymology of baffle is appropriately baffling. Two main candidates have been proposed as a source. The first is the medieval Scots verb bawchill or bauchle, meaning ‘discredit publicly’. This fits in with the way baffle was first used:… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • baffle — [16] The etymology of baffle is appropriately baffling. Two main candidates have been proposed as a source. The first is the medieval Scots verb bawchill or bauchle, meaning ‘discredit publicly’. This fits in with the way baffle was first used:… …   Word origins

  • baffle — UK [ˈbæf(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms baffle : present tense I/you/we/they baffle he/she/it baffles present participle baffling past tense baffled past participle baffled if a problem, someone s behaviour etc baffles you, you cannot… …   English dictionary

  • baffle — I. transitive verb (baffled; baffling) Etymology: probably alteration of Middle English (Scots) bawchillen to denounce, discredit publicly Date: 1675 1. to defeat or check (as a person) by confusing or puzzling ; disconcert 2. to check or break… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • baffle — [c]/ˈbæfəl / (say bafuhl) verb (baffled, baffling) –verb (t) 1. to thwart or frustrate disconcertingly; baulk; confuse. 2. to puzzle or mystify. 3. Nautical (of the wind, current, etc.) to force (a ship, etc.) to take a variable course by being… …  

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