ALL meanings of baffling
baf·fle
B b - adjective baffling impossible to understand; perplexing; bewildering; puzzling 3
- verb with object baffling to confuse, bewilder, or perplex: He was baffled by the technical language of the instructions. 1
- verb with object baffling to frustrate or confound; thwart by creating confusion or bewilderment. 1
- verb with object baffling to check or deflect the movement of (sound, light, fluids, etc.). 1
- verb with object baffling to equip with a baffle or baffles. 1
- verb with object baffling Obsolete. to cheat; trick. 1
- verb without object baffling to struggle ineffectually, as a ship in a gale. 1
- noun baffling something that balks, checks, or deflects. 1
- noun baffling an artificial obstruction for checking or deflecting the flow of gases (as in a boiler), sounds (as in the loudspeaker system of a radio or hi-fi set), light (as in a darkroom), etc. 1
- noun baffling any boxlike enclosure or flat panel for mounting a loudspeaker. 1
- adjective baffling confusing 1
- noun baffling Impossible to understand; perplexing. 1
- noun baffling An act of foiling or thwarting. 0
- verb baffling present participle of baffle. 0
- adjective baffling puzzling and frustrating. 0