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baffle   (TTS Sound)

The noun baffle has 1 sense

• baffle, baffle board -- (a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy)

The verb baffle has 3 senses

• perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound -- (be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me")


• thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk -- (hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent")


• baffle, regulate -- (check the emission of (sound))