Flummox is defined as to confuse someone.
(verb)When you ask someone tough questions about a scientific theory that he is studying and he cannot understand the questions, this is an example of when you flummox.
See flummox in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb
Origin: < ?
See flummox in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb flum·moxed, flum·mox·ing, flum·mox·es
Origin:
Origin: Probably of English dialectal origin
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