Baffle Definition
băfəl
baffled, baffles, baffling
verb
baffled, baffles, baffling
To confuse or perplex, especially so as to frustrate or prevent from taking action.
A patient whose condition baffled the physicians.
American Heritage
To confuse so as to keep from understanding or solving; puzzle; confound.
Webster's New World
To impede the force or movement of (a fluid).
American Heritage
To interfere with; hinder; impede.
Webster's New World
To check the interference of (low-frequency sound waves) in a radio, phonograph, etc. by the use of a baffle.
Webster's New World
noun
A usually static device that regulates the flow of a fluid or light.
American Heritage
A baffling or being baffled.
Webster's New World
A partition that prevents interference between sound waves in a loudspeaker.
American Heritage
An obstructing device.
Webster's New World
A mounting or partition used to check the transmission of sound waves between the front and rear of the speaker of a radio, phonograph, etc.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Baffle
Noun
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bafflePlural:
bafflesOrigin of Baffle
Perhaps blend of Scottish Gaelic bauchle to denounce, revile publicly, French bafouer to ridicule
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Origin uncertain.
From Wiktionary
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