BAFFLE


Meaning of BAFFLE in English

v. & n.

--v.tr.

1. confuse or perplex (a person, one's faculties, etc.).

2 a frustrate or hinder (plans etc.). b restrain or regulate the progress of (fluids, sounds, etc.).

--n. (also baffle-plate) a device used to restrain the flow of fluid, gas, etc., through an opening, often found in microphones etc. to regulate the emission of sound.

Phrases and idioms:

baffle-board a device to prevent sound from spreading in different directions, esp. round a loudspeaker cone.

Derivatives:

bafflement n. baffling adj. bafflingly adv.

Etymology: perh. rel. to F bafouer ridicule, OF beffer mock

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.