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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