Word Meaning

baffle definition and meaning

v. t. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.
v. t. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
v. t. To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart.
v. i. To practice deceit.
v. i. To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds.
n. A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture.

Crossword clues for baffle

- Amaze
- Befuddle
- Bewilder backward elf? Fab!
- Confuse
- Perplex