baffle
a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
• Syn:
baffle board
• Hypernyms:
plate
• Hyponyms:
diffuser, diffusor
1. be a mystery or bewildering to (Freq. 1)
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
• Syn:
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle,
mystify, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy,
nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
• See Also:
puzzle over (for: puzzle), puzzle out (for: puzzle)
• Derivationally related forms:
stupefaction (for: stupefy), bewilderment (for: bewilder), poser (for: pose), bafflement, mystification (for: mystify), mystifier (for: mystify), mystery (for: mystify), puzzle (for: puzzle), puzzlement (for: puzzle), puzzler (for: puzzle)
• Hypernyms:
confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle,
bedevil, confound, discombobulate
• Hyponyms:
stump, mix up, riddle, elude, escape
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- The bad news will baffle him
- The good news will baffle her
- The performance is likely to baffle Sue
2. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
• Syn:
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil,
cross, frustrate, bilk
• See Also:
double cross (for: cross)
• Derivationally related forms:
frustrative (for: frustrate), frustration (for: frustrate), cross (for: cross), foiling (for: foil), thwarter (for: thwart), thwarting (for: thwart)
• Hypernyms:
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
• Hyponyms:
disappoint, let down, dash, short-circuit, ruin
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. check the emission of (sound)
• Syn:
regulate
• Hypernyms:
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound,
confine, throttle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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