baffle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bæfl/, SAMPA: /b{fl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æfəl

Noun

baffle (plural baffles)

1. 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. An architectural feature designed to confuse enemies or make them vulnerable

Translations

regulating device

Finnish: vaimennin (fi)

Verb

baffle (third-person singular simple present baffles, present participle baffling, simple past and past participle baffled)

1. Totally bewilder; confuse or perplex.

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

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:confuse

Translations

totally bewilder; confuse or perplex

Bulgarian: обърквам, разстройвам Dutch: schot (nl) Finnish: olla ymmällään (fi), olla sekaisin (fi), hämmennyttää (fi), hämmentää (fi) French: déconcerter Norwegian: skvalpeskott, forvirre (no)

Polish: wprawiać w zakłopotanie Russian: озадачивать (ru) Simplified Chinese: 迷惑 Spanish: desconcertar (es), confundir (es), Swedish: gäcka (sv), förvirra (sv), förbrylla (sv)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bafl/

Noun

baffle m. (plural baffles)

1. speaker (audio)