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baffling adjective

  • Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
 hämmentävä

baffle noun

  /ˈbæf(ə)l/ , /ˈbæfl̩/
  • A barrier designed to obstruct and confuse enemies, rendering them vulnerable.
 este
  • A device used to dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control the movement of a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound; specifically, a surface positioned inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one place to another without preventing motion altogether.
 este, hämmennys, vaimennin
  • (US, dialectal, coal, _, mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
 kaasuvipu

baffle verb

  /ˈbæf(ə)l/ , /ˈbæfl̩/
  • To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle. [from 17th c.]
 hämmentää, hämätä, olla ihmeissään, olla sekaisin, olla ymmällään
  • To expend effort or struggle in vain. [from 19th c.]
 kamppailla turhaan

baffled adjective

  /ˈbæfl̩d/
  • Thoroughly confused, puzzled
 hämmentynyt, ymmällään
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