plural of baffle

simple past tense and past participle of baffle

thoroughly confused, puzzled / (not comparable) having baffles

To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex. / (intransitive) To struggle in vain. / (now rare) To foil; to thwart. / (obsolete) To publicly disgrace, especially of a recreant knight.

A device used to dampen the effects of such things as sound, light, or fluid. Specifically, a baffle is a surface which is placed inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one part to another, without preventing motion altogether.

present participle of baffle

Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering. / frustrating

An act of foiling or thwarting.

plural of baffling

(nautical) A wind that frequently shifts from one point to another.