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baffling

/ˈbæf.lɪŋ/

bafflinggerund / present participle

/ˈbæflɪŋ/

Translations

déroutantQui est difficile à comprendre ou à expliquer.

The magician's baffling tricks left the audience in awe.

Les tours déroutants du magicien ont laissé le public émerveillé.

Additional translations

déconcertantNuance de perplexité ou de surprise face à quelque chose d’incompréhensible.

Definitions

Confusing, impossible to understand or explain; perplexing.

The magician's baffling tricks left the audience in awe.

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bafflingnoun

bafflings

/ˈbæf.lɪŋ/

Used chiefly as an uncountable engineering term for panels or material that baffle airflow, sound, or heat.

Translations

cloisonnementSens technique : ensemble de cloisons ou de déflecteurs servant à guider, freiner ou absorber un flux.

Proper engine baffling is essential for effective cooling.

Un cloisonnement adéquat du moteur est essentiel pour un refroidissement efficace.

Additional translations

déconcertationSens rare : action de dérouter ou de déconcerter quelqu’un.

Definitions

Material or arrangement used to restrict, redirect, or absorb the flow of air, sound, or heat, especially in engines and ducts.

Proper engine baffling is essential for effective cooling.

The act or process of confusing or perplexing someone.

The baffling of the witnesses by the lawyer’s questions was deliberate.

baffleverb

baffling

ing-form

baffled

Past Simple

baffled

Past Participle

baffling

ing-form

/ˈbæf.əl/

Translations

déconcerterPour l’idée de troubler l’entendement ou de rendre perplexe.

The complex instructions completely baffled the new employee.

Les instructions complexes ont complètement déconcerté le nouvel employé.

Additional translations

déjouerPour l’idée de faire échouer ou de frustrer des plans.

déflecterTerme technique rare, pour détourner ou freiner un flux, un son ou une lumière.

Definitions

To confuse or perplex someone, making it difficult for them to understand or solve something.

The complex instructions completely baffled the new employee.

To restrain or regulate the flow of a fluid, sound, or light.

The engineer designed a system to baffle the noise coming from the machinery.

To defeat, foil, or frustrate the efforts, plans, or intentions of someone or something.

The elaborate security measures baffled the would-be hackers at every turn.

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bafflenoun

Definitions

A device used to restrain or regulate the flow of a fluid, light, or sound.

The engineer installed a baffle in the duct to reduce noise levels in the office.

A partition or screen used to deflect or obstruct movement.

The baffle in the aquarium helps to create a gentle flow of water for the fish.

baffleadjective

Definitions

Used before another noun to describe something that redirects, restrains, or dampens the flow of a fluid, sound, light, etc.

The baffle plate was installed to reduce turbulence in the exhaust.