Wiktionary:Word of the day/2024/April 10

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Word of the day
for April 10
baffle v
  1. (transitive)
    1. To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.
    2. (archaic) To defeat, frustrate, or thwart (someone or their efforts, plans, etc.); to confound, to foil.
      1. (specifically, nautical) Of weather or wind: to hinder or prevent (a ship or its crew) from advancing.
    3. (technology) To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound).
    4. (obsolete)
      1. To deceive or hoodwink (someone); to gull.
      2. Followed by away or out: to deprive of (something) through cheating or manipulation; also (followed by out of), to deprive of something by cheating or manipulating (someone).
  2. (intransitive)
    1. To expend effort or struggle in vain.
    2. (obsolete) To argue or complain in a petty or trivial manner; to quibble. [...]
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