baffle
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- n a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
- v be a mystery or bewildering to
- v hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- v check the emission of (sound)
- For their first official adaptation from a prime American author, they have stayed remarkably faithful to the Cormac McCarthy story, including a detour at the end that will baffle .
- Viet Cong tunnels are shored with bamboo, take right-angle turns roughly every ten yards to baffle the blast of satchel charges dropped in the mouths of the tunnels.
- But what about here and here and here and here--all the countless places and ways the brain continues to baffle us? Here still be dragons.