baffle

🇺🇸 /ˈbæfl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈbæfl/
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verb
R

to confuse someone completely; to be too hard to understand

The strange noise continued to baffle the engineers.

noun
R

a barrier that controls the flow of sound, light, or liquid

The baffle in the pipe reduced the water flow.

translation

v. to confuse someone completely; to be too hard to understand
n. a barrier that controls the flow of sound, light, or liquid

Word Forms

3rd Present baffles
Progressive baffling
Past baffled
Perfect baffled
Plural baffles