baffle

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bæfl/, SAMPA: /b{fl/
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• Rhymes: -æfəl

[edit] 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.

[edit] Verb

to 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.

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• See also Wikisaurus:confuse

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bafl/

[edit] Noun

baffle m. (plural baffles)

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