baf·fle
[baf-uh l] verb, -fled, -fling, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to confuse, bewilder, or perplex: He was baffled by the technical language of the instructions.2.to frustrate or confound; thwart by creating confusion or bewilderment.
3.to check or deflect the movement of (sound, light, fluids, etc.).
4.to equip with a baffle or baffles.
5.Obsolete . to cheat; trick.
–verb (used without object)
6.to struggle ineffectually, as a ship in a gale.
–noun
7.something that balks, checks, or deflects.
8.an artificial obstruction for checking or deflecting the flow of gases (as in a boiler), sounds (as in the loudspeaker system of a radio or hi-fi set), light (as in a darkroom), etc.
9.any boxlike enclosure or flat panel for mounting a loudspeaker.