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olla sekaisin — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • baffle verb To leave someone completely confused, unable to work something out.
  • fume noun A strong-smelling or harmful gas or vapor.

Senses

olla sekaisin is used for these senses in English:

  • baffle To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle. [from 17th c.]
  • fume (intransitive, figuratively) To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
  • have bats in one's belfry (idiomatic, intransitive) To be crazy or eccentric.

baffle — full definition

  1. verb To leave someone completely confused, unable to work something out.
  2. verb To stop someone's plans or efforts from succeeding.
  3. verb (nautical) Of wind or weather, to make it difficult for a ship to make headway.
  4. verb To slow down or control the flow of a liquid, gas, light or sound.

fume — full definition

  1. noun A strong-smelling or harmful gas or vapor.
  2. verb To be extremely angry, especially while suppressing it.
  3. verb To give off smoke, gas, or vapor.
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