[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to confuse, bewilder, or perplex:He was baffled by the technical language of the instructions.", "to frustrate or confound; thwart by creating confusion or bewilderment.", "to check or deflect the movement of (sound, light, fluids, etc.).", "to equip with a baffle or baffles.", "Obsolete.to cheat; trick."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to struggle ineffectually, as a ship in a gale."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["something that balks, checks, or deflects.", "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.", "any boxlike enclosure or flat panel for mounting a loudspeaker."]}]