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Baffle
Baffle Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Baffle?
[n] a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
[v] be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem" [v] check the emission of (sound) [v] hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" Synonyms | Synonyms for Baffle: amaze | baffle board | beat | bewilder | bilk | cross | dumbfound | flummox | foil | frustrate | get | gravel | mystify | nonplus | perplex | pose | puzzle | queer | regulate | scotch | spoil | stupefy | thwart | vex Related Terms | Find terms related to Baffle: addle | amaze | babble | bafflement | balk | ball up | bamboozle | be beyond one | be Greek to | be too deep | beat | beat one | befuddle | bewilderment | bilk | blast | boggle | bother | brave | buffalo | cast down | challenge | checkmate | circumvent | confound | confoundment | confront | confuse | confusion | contravene | counter | counteract | countermand | counterwork | cross | cushion | damp | dampen | dash | daze | deaden | deafen | defeat | defeat expectation | defy | destroy | dilemma | disappoint | discomfit | discomposure | disconcert | disconcertedness | disconcertion | disconcertment | discountenance | dish | disillusion | disrupt | dissatisfy | disturbance | dull | dumbfound | elude | embarrass | embarrassment | enigma | escape one | faze | fix | floor | flummox | fog | foil | frustrate | fuddle | get | gibber | jam | keep in suspense | knock the chocks | let down | lick | lose one | maze | mix up | muddle | muffle | mute | mystery | mystify | need explanation | nonplus | not make sense | not penetrate | pass comprehension | perplex | perplexity | perturbation | pickle | plight | pother | predicament | problem | puzzle | puzzlement | quandary | rattle | riddle | ruin | sabotage | scotch | scrape | soften | soft-pedal | speak in tongues | spike | spoil | stew | stick | stonewall | stop | stump | subdue | talk double Dutch | tantalize | tease | throw | thwart | tone down | unassuredness | upset See Also | bedevil | befuddle | bound | confine | confound | confuse | dash | diffuser | diffusor | disappoint | discombobulate | double cross | elude | escape | figure out | forbid | foreclose | forestall | fox | fuddle | let down | lick | limit | mix up | plate | preclude | prevent | puzzle out | puzzle over | restrain | restrict | riddle | ruin | short-circuit | solve | stagger | stump | throttle | throw | trammel | work | work out Baffle In Webster's Dictionary \Baf"fle\ (b[a^]f"f'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Baffled}
(-f'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Baffling} (-fl[i^]ng).] [Cf.
Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch
tasteless, abashed, jaded, Icel. b[=a]gr uneasy, poor, or
b[=a]gr, n., struggle, b[ae]gja to push, treat harshly, OF.
beffler, beffer, to mock, deceive, dial. G. b["a]ppe mouth,
beffen to bark, chide.]
1. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a
recreant knight. [Obs.]
He by the heels him hung upon a tree, And baffled
so, that all which passed by The picture of his
punishment might see. --Spenser.
2. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim.
--Cowper.
3. To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or
defeat; to thwart. ``A baffled purpose.'' --De Quincey.
A suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them
all. --South.
Calculations so difficult as to have baffled, until
within a . . . recent period, the most enlightened
nations. --Prescott.
The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle
us. --Locke.
{Baffling wind} (Naut.), one that frequently shifts from one
point to another.
Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; frustrate; defeat.
\Baf"fle\, v. i. 1. To practice deceit. [Obs.] --Barrow. 2. To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds. [R.] \Baf"fle\, n. A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture. [R.] ``A baffle to philosophy.'' --South. \Baf"fle\, n. 1. (Engin.) (a) A deflector, as a plate or wall, so arranged across a furnace or boiler flue as to mingle the hot gases and deflect them against the substance to be heated. (b) A grating or plate across a channel or pipe conveying water, gas, or the like, by which the flow is rendered more uniform in different parts of the cross section of the stream; -- used in measuring the rate of flow, as by means of a weir. 2. (Coal Mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine. [Local, U. S.] |
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