Baffle

What do we mean by baffle?

To confuse or perplex, especially so as to frustrate or prevent from taking action. transitive verb

To impede the force or movement of (a fluid). transitive verb

A usually static device that regulates the flow of a fluid or light. noun

A partition that prevents interference between sound waves in a loudspeaker. noun

Disgrace; affront. noun

Defeat; discomfiture. noun

Same as baffler, 2. noun

An artificial obstruction (in the form of a board, plate, or cleat placed in the channel) to the continuous smooth flow of a liquid or gas. noun

To disgrace; treat with mockery or contumely; hold up as an object of scorn or contempt; insult; specifically, to subject to indignities, as a recreant knight or traitor.

To hoodwink; cheat.

To circumvent by interposing obstacles or difficulties; defeat the efforts, purpose, or success of; frustrate; check; foil; thwart; disconcert; confound: as, the fox baffled his pursuers; to baffle curiosity or endeavor.

To beat about, as the wind or stray cattle do standing grain or grass; twist irregularly together.

To practise deceit; shuffle; quibble.

To struggle ineffectually; strive in vain: as, the ship baffled with the gale.

In coalmining, to brush out or mix fire-damp with air, to such an extent as to render it non-explosive.

To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight. transitive verb

To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil. transitive verb

To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart. transitive verb

One that frequently shifts from one point to another. transitive verb

To practice deceit. intransitive verb

A device used to dampen the effects of such things as sound, light, or fluid. Specifically, a baffle is a surface which is placed inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one part to another, without preventing motion altogether.

An architectural feature designed to confuse enemies or make them vulnerable.

(coal mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.

To completely dumbfound, confuse, or otherwise render speechless by either asking a question or stating something beyond their intelligence. Urban Dictionary

To rub one's balls on their friend's waffle Urban Dictionary

Alcoholic hermit, homosexual character, approach with extreme care he is armed with a vb tinnie Urban Dictionary

Best Asian Friend For Life Urban Dictionary

Shocking, appalling, straight up jaw dropping Urban Dictionary

When someone has confused you. Combination of the two words (con)fused and (baffled). Urban Dictionary

To be hit with wiffle bats Urban Dictionary

When ur surprised Urban Dictionary

To be confused Urban Dictionary

To be anally raped by a guy with a mustache. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to baffle:
baffle, waffle, raffle, buffle, yaffle, faffle, maffle, gaffle, kaffle, haffle, biffle, baffe, jaffle.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word baffle:
baffles, loudspeaker, fumes, muzzle, pinball, recoil, spacing, enclosure, brake, spray, chimney, intake, plates, trap, dimensions, gases, outlet, mixing, flow, pipe, speaker, creek, mounted, horn, plate, efficiency, fluid, ball, chambers, tube, reduce, designs, output, bass, cabinet, radiation, driver, vessel, tank, frequency, sound, nbc, conservation, rear, device, mouth, prevent, machines, steam, stream, box, allowing, block, parks, chamber, flat, step, dam, bottom, heat, installed, material, inside, maximum, gas, oil, wood, steel, core, constructed, effect, internal, cannot, response.

Words that rhyme with baffle:
raffle, snaffle, shaffle, yaffle, faffle, maffle, gaffle, kaffle, haffle, affile, tafel, hafele, saffell, flagstaff hill, half fill, half ill, raffel, raphel, saffle, taffel, telegraph hill.

Adjectives that are often used to describe baffle:
infinite, vertical, longitudinal, large, flat, rigid, circular, horizontal, atrial, cooled, internal, perforated, central, light, intraatrial, single, shaped, sound, pericardial, simple, front, cylindrical, acoustic, segmental, conical, spiral, refrigerated, thermal, finite, directional, interatrial, rear, open, wooden, effective, lower, solid, scum, upper, optical, curved, spherical, adjustable, additional, inner, annular, intracardiac, intraventricular, top, double, plastic, mustard, back, suitable, movable, stationary, stainless, removable, square, nozzle, interior, secondary, impingement, mixing, shallow, irregular, liquid, systemic, cold, porous, continuous, outer, squirrel, foot, soft, type, bottom, thin, planar, helical, downstream, efficient.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective baffle:
plate, plates, brake, pursuit, recognition, board, type, wall, clearance, system, death, reform, spacing, day, gab, boards, justice, design, faith, detection, foresight, arrangements, tray, conjecture, silencer, power, tube, area, silencers, cut, assembly, curiosity, element, materials, nozzle, belief, description, arrangement, stealers, elements, enclosure, fenestration, leakage, effects, opposition, judgments, designs, clearing, manufacturer, stream, discovery, failure, walls.

Consonant match to baffle:
befall, befell, befoul, buffle, befool, biffle, be full, b file, b fill, bay fill, buy full, by full.

Words that sound like baffle:
baffle, biffle, buffle, buffel, befell, befehl, baffled, bashful, befall, baffles, befoul, befool, baffler, baffa, be full, bafa, bphil, piffle, hafele, backfill, battle, buffalo, bowel, bevel, bethel, battel, baleful, baneful, basle, bothell, biol, bevil, buffa, bagful, bial, buffaloe, bowlful, bopha, bofa, bevill, biffa, bateful, boffa, bethell, binful, baffy, boatful, bastle, batul, bafo, baffi, backfall, bacil, bifa, beefing, buffing, pavel, half full, gaffle, peafowl, jaffle, panful, hafl, boffing, yaffle, biffing, purfle, gaffel, hoefle, baffin, bael, beville, bayville, beeville, bovell, beth el, barrel, bagel, babble, bacl, bal, babel, baffling, baf, bagle, basal, bashfully, baff, bafta, -ble, bafd, baikal, balh, baft, baiul, afel, baffies, baffe, baol, baetyl.