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olla sekaisin — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • baffle verb To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.
  • 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 confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.
  2. verb To defeat, frustrate, or thwart (someone or their efforts, plans, etc.); to confound, to foil.
  3. verb Of weather or wind: to hinder or prevent (a ship or its crew) from advancing.
  4. verb To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as 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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