Both Uses of
baffle
in
Lord of the Flies
- They looked at each other, baffled, in love and hate.
p. 55.5 *baffled = unable to understand
- There was the brilliant world of hunting, tactics, fierce exhilaration, skill; and there was the world of longing and baffled commonsense.
p. 71.4baffled = not understood
Definitions:
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(1)
(baffle as in: baffled her) to perplex or confuse someone
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(2)
(baffle as in: acoustic baffle) something constructed to control the flow of sound or fluid
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly:- baffle can refer to the hindering of efforts, plans, or desires.
- baffles can describe the area directly behind a moving vessel where water is disturbed
- baffle has other technical uses relating to medicine, heat transfer, and mechanics