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ALL meanings of baffling

baf·fle
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  • 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
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