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baffle
baffle
n : a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or
energy [syn: {baffle board}]
v 1: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I
don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This
question really stuck me" [syn: {perplex}, {vex}, {stick},
{get}, {puzzle}, {mystify}, {beat}, {pose}, {bewilder},
{flummox}, {stupefy}, {nonplus}, {gravel}, {amaze}, {dumbfound}]
2: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What
ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing
September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: {thwart}, {queer},
{spoil}, {scotch}, {foil}, {cross}, {frustrate}, {bilk}]
3: check the emission of (sound) [syn: {regulate}]


baffled
baffled
adj : perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements;
filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his
questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and
confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she
felt lost on the first day of school" [syn: {befuddled},
{bemused}, {bewildered}, {confounded}, {confused}, {lost},
{mazed}, {mixed-up}, {at sea}]
n : people who are frustrated and perplexed; "the children's
faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled"


raffle
raffle
v : dispose of in a lottery; "We raffled off a trip to the
Bahamas" [syn: {raffle off}]

raffle
n : a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money


Raffles
Raffles
n : British colonial administrator who founded Singapore
(1781-1826) [syn: {Sir Thomas Raffles}, {Sir Thomas
Stamford Raffles}]


waffle
waffle
v : pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness;
"Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" [syn: {hesitate},
{waver}]

waffle
n : pancake batter baked in a waffle iron


waffler
waffler
n : someone who speaks or writes in a vague and evasive manner


daffiest
daffiest
See {daffy}


duffle
duffle
n 1: a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying
personal belongings [syn: {duffel bag}, {duffle bag}, {duffel}]
2: a coarse heavy woolen fabric [syn: {duffel}]


gaffe
gaffe
n : a socially awkward or tactless act [syn: {faux pas}, {solecism},
{slip}, {gaucherie}]


muffle
muffle
n : a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low
temperature

muffle
v 1: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
"strangle a yawn" [syn: {smother}, {stifle}, {strangle},
{repress}]
2: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn: {mute},
{dull}, {damp}, {dampen}, {tone down}]

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