baffle /bafˈl/

1. To frustrate, confound, bewilder, or impede perplexingly
2. To regulate or divert (liquid, gas, sound waves, etc)
3. To provide with a baffle
4. To cheat, hoodwink (obsolete)
5. To disgrace publicly (obsolete)

1. A plate or similar device for regulating or diverting the flow of liquid, gas, sound waves, etc (also baffˈle-board, baffˈle-plate or baffˈler)
2. Confusion, check (obsolete)

baffˈlement noun

baffˈler noun

A baffle

baffˈling adjective

baffˈlingly adverb

baffˈlegab noun (slang)

The professional logorrhoea of many politicians, officials and salespeople, characterized by prolix abstract circumlocution and/or a profusion of abstruse technical terminology, used as a means of persuasion, pacification or obfuscation

baffle wall noun

A wall that acts as a baffle, esp for sound

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