All 6 Uses of
baffle
in
The Maze Runner
- His memory loss was baffling in its complexity.
p. 44.6baffling = perplexing (not understood)
- Once again his memory wipe baffled him.
p. 97.4baffled = perplexed or confused
- Minho squinched up his eyes and pulled his head back, as if he were baffled by Newt's question.
p. 164.7 *
- Thomas was baffled by this girl—first the connection he'd felt to her from the very beginning, then the mind-speaking, now this.
p. 237.5baffled = perplexed (not sure what to make of)
- He was completely baffled by what Gally was saying.
p. 258.0baffled = perplexed or confused
- Newt looked completely baffled and finally broke the silence.
p. 307.2
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) 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