Uk English Meaning of baffle
baffle
Other Uk English words related to baffle
- frustrate
- balk
- beat
- checkmate
- defeat
- discomfit
- Foil
- hamper
- hinder
- impede
- overcome
- prevent
- stop
- Thwart
- arrest
- avert
- bar
- block
- check
- clog
- conquer
- counteract
- Encumber
- fetter
- forestall
- halt
- disability
- Hobble
- hold back
- inhibit
- handcuffs
- negate
- neutralise
- nullify
- obstruct
- obviate
- offset
- preclude
- setback
- shackle
- Short circuit
- stall
- tie up
- trammel
- interfere (with)
Nearest Words of baffle
Definitions and Meaning of baffle in English
baffle (n)
a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
baffle (v)
be a mystery or bewildering to
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
baffle (v. t.)
To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.
To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart.
baffle (v. i.)
To practice deceit.
To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds.
baffle (n.)
A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture.
A deflector, as a plate or wall, so arranged across a furnace or boiler flue as to mingle the hot gases and deflect them against the substance to be heated.
A grating or plate across a channel or pipe conveying water, gas, or the like, by which the flow is rendered more uniform in different parts of the cross section of the stream; -- used in measuring the rate of flow, as by means of a weir.
A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
FAQs About the word baffle
baffle
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