English-Thai Dictionary

baffle

VT ทำให้ งุนงง  ทำให้ สับสน  confuse perplex clear tham-hai-ngun-ngong

 

baffle

VT แทรก เข้ามา ควบคุม (การ ไหล ของ ก๊าซ  การ ส่ง คลื่นเสียง หรือ แสง  saek-khao-ma-khuab-khum

 

bafflement

N ความ สับสน  ความ งุนงง  confusion puzzlement khwam-sab-son

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BAFFETAS, BAFTAS, BASTAS

n.An India cloth or plain muslin. That of Surat is said to be the best.

 

BAFFLE

v.t.To mock or elude by artifice; to elude by shifts and turns; hence to defeat, or confound; as, to baffle the designs of an enemy. Fashionable follies baffle argument.

 

BAFFLE

v.i.To practice deceit.

 

BAFFLE

n.A defeat by artifice, shifts and turns.

 

BAFFLED

pp. Eluded; defeated; confounded.

 

BAFFLER

n.One that baffles.

 

BAFFLING

ppr. Eluding by shifts, and turns, or by stratagem; defeating; confounding. A baffling wind, among seamen, is one that frequently shifts, from one point to another.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BAFF

BAFF Baff, n.

 

Defn: A blow; a stroke. [Scot. ] H. Miller.

 

BAFFLE

Baf "fle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Baffled (p. pr. & vb. n. Baffling (.]Etym: [Cf. Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch tasteless, abashed, jaded, Icel. bagr uneasy, poor, or bagr, n., struggle, bægja to push, treat harshly, OF. beffler, beffer, to mock, deceive, dial. G. bäppe mouth, beffen to bark, chide. ]

 

1. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight. [Obs. ] He by the heels him hung upon a tree, And baffled so, that all which passed by The picture of his punishment might see. Spenser.

 

2. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil. The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim. Cowper.

 

3. To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart. "A baffled purpose. " De Quincey. A suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them all. South. Calculations so difficult as to have baffled, until within a...recent period, the most enlightened nations. Prescott. The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle us. Locke. Baffling wind (Naut. ), one that frequently shifts from one point to another.

 

Syn. -- To balk; thwart; foil; frustrate; defeat.

 

BAFFLE

BAFFLE Baf "fle, v. i.

 

1. To practice deceit. [Obs. ] Barrow.

 

2. To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds. [R.]

 

BAFFLE

BAFFLE Baf "fle, n.

 

Defn: A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture. [R.] "A baffle to philosophy. " South.

 

BAFFLEMENT

BAFFLEMENT Baf "fle *ment, n.

 

Defn: The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.

 

BAFFLER

BAFFLER Baf "fler, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, baffles.

 

BAFFLING

BAFFLING Baf "fling, a.

 

Defn: Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling currents, winds, tasks. -- Bafflingly, adv. -- Bafflingness, n.

 

BAFFY

BAFFY Baff "y (baf "y ), n. [See Baff, v. t.] (Golf )

 

Defn: A short wooden club having a deeply concave face, seldom used.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Baffin, William

Baf fin, William |ˈbafən ˈbæfən | ( c. 1584 –1622 ), English navigator and explorer, the pilot of several expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage 1612 –16. He discovered the largest island of the Canadian Arctic in 1616; this and the strait between it and Greenland are named after him.

 

Baffin Bay

Baf fin Bay |bæfɪnˈbeɪ | an extension of the North Atlantic Ocean between Baffin Island and Greenland, linked to the Arctic Ocean by three passages. It is largely ice-bound in winter.

 

Baffin Island

Baf fin Is land |ˈbæfɪnaɪlənd | a large island in the Canadian Arctic Ocean, situated at the mouth of Hudson Bay. It is separated from Greenland by Baffin Bay.

 

baffle

baf fle |ˈbafəl ˈbæfəl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 totally bewilder or perplex: an unexplained occurrence that baffled everyone. 2 restrain or regulate (a fluid, sound, etc. ): to baffle the noise further, I pad the gunwales. ▶noun a device used to restrain the flow of a fluid, gas, or loose material or to prevent the spreading of sound or light in a particular direction. DERIVATIVES baf fle ment noun baffle ( sense 1 of the verb ) ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘cheat, deceive ’): perhaps related to French bafouer ‘ridicule ’ or obsolete French beffer ‘mock, deceive. ’

 

bafflegab

baf fle gab |ˈbafəlˌgab ˈbæfəlɡæb | ▶noun informal incomprehensible or pretentious language, esp. bureaucratic jargon: the smooth chairman who had elevated bafflegab to an art form.

 

baffling

baff ling |ˈbafəliNG | ▶adjective impossible to understand; perplexing: the crime is a baffling mystery for the police. DERIVATIVES baf fling ly adverb [ as submodifier ] : his team selection has been bafflingly erratic

 

Oxford Dictionary

Baffin, William

Baf ¦fin |ˈbafɪn | ( c. 1584 –1622 ), English navigator and explorer, the pilot of several expeditions in search of the North-West Passage 1612 –16.

 

Baffin Bay

Baf ¦fin Bay |bafɪnˈbeɪ | an extension of the North Atlantic between Baffin Island and Greenland, linked to the Arctic Ocean by three passages. It is largely ice-bound in winter.

 

Baffin Island

Baf ¦fin Is ¦land |ˈbafɪnʌɪlənd | a large island in the Canadian Arctic, situated at the mouth of Hudson Bay. It is separated from Greenland by Baffin Bay.

 

baffle

baf ¦fle |ˈbaf (ə )l | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 totally bewilder or perplex: an unexplained occurrence that baffled everyone. 2 restrain or regulate (a fluid, sound, etc. ). ▶noun a device used to restrain the flow of a fluid, gas, etc. or to prevent the spreading of sound or light in a particular direction. DERIVATIVES bafflement noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘cheat, deceive ’): perhaps related to French bafouer ‘ridicule ’ or obsolete French beffer ‘mock, deceive ’.

 

bafflegab

bafflegab |ˈbaf (ə )lgab | ▶noun [ mass noun ] N. Amer. informal incomprehensible or pretentious verbiage, especially bureaucratic jargon.

 

baffler

baf |fler |ˈbaflə | ▶noun another term for baffle.

 

baffling

baf |fling |ˈbaf (ə )lɪŋ | ▶adjective impossible to understand; perplexing: the crime is a baffling mystery for the police. DERIVATIVES bafflingly adverb [ as submodifier ] : his team selection has been bafflingly erratic

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

baffle

baffle verb his explanations baffle the class: perplex, puzzle, bewilder, mystify, bemuse, confuse, confound, disconcert; informal flummox, faze, stump, make someone scratch their head, be all Greek to, floor, discombobulate. ANTONYMS enlighten. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See thwart . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

baffling

baffling adjective the thief left behind some baffling clues: puzzling, bewildering, perplexing, mystifying, bemusing, confusing, unclear; inexplicable, incomprehensible, impenetrable, cryptic, opaque. ANTONYMS clear, comprehensible.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

baffle

baffle verb 1 his reaction baffled her: perplex, puzzle, bewilder, mystify, bemuse, confuse, confound, nonplus, disconcert, throw, set someone thinking; informal flummox, discombobulate, faze, stump, beat, fox, make someone scratch their head, be all Greek to, floor, fog; N. Amer. informal buffalo; rare wilder, gravel, maze, cause to be at a stand, pose, obfuscate. ANTONYMS enlighten. 2 her intention was to baffle their plans: thwart, frustrate, foil, baulk, check, block, hinder, obstruct, bar, prevent, deflect, divert. ANTONYMS further. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD baffle, puzzle, perplex, mystify See puzzle . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

baffling

baffling adjective I found his explanation baffling: puzzling, bewildering, perplexing, mystifying, bemusing, confusing, unclear, difficult /hard to understand, beyond one, above one's head; mysterious, enigmatic, obscure, abstruse, unfathomable, inexplicable, incomprehensible, impenetrable, cryptic, opaque; archaic wildering. ANTONYMS clear, comprehensible.

 

Duden Dictionary

baff

baff |b a ff |lautmalend, eigentlich = verdutzt wie nach einem plötzlichen Schuss in der Verbindung baff sein salopp verblüfft, verdutzt, erstaunt sein über etwas Unerwartetes, Unvermutetes da bist du baff , was?

 

French Dictionary

baffe

baffe n. f. nom féminin familier Gifle.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

baffle

baf fle /bǽf (ə )l /動詞 ～s ; ～d ; -fling 他動詞 1 〈人 〉を困惑させる, 悩ませる .2 〈計画など 〉をじゃまする, くじく .3 〈流れ 音など 〉を制御する .名詞 C バッフル (プレート )(baffle plate ) 〘空気や水の流れ 音などを調整し方向を変える板 〙.～ment 名詞 U 困惑 .

 

baffling

baf fling /bǽf (ə )lɪŋ /形容詞 不可解な, 当惑させる ; やっかいな .