Baffle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bæfl/, SAMPA: /b{fl/

• Audio (US)	noicon
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• Rhymes: -æfəl

Noun

Singular Baffle

Plural {{{1}}}

Baffle ({{{1}}})

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.

Verb

Infinitive to Baffle

Third person singular baffl

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to Baffle (third-person singular simple present baffl, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

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(nl) Finnish: hämmennyttää fi(fi) French: déconcerter

Norwegian: skvalpeskott Polish: wprawiać w zakłopotanie Russian: озадачивать ru(ru) Simplified Chinese: 迷惑

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bafl/

Noun

Baffle m. (plural Baffles)

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