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garble
[ gahr-buhl ]
/ ˈgɑr bəl /
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verb (used with object), gar·bled, gar·bling.
to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble: to garble instructions.
to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.); distort: to garble a quotation.
Archaic. to take out the best of.
noun
the act or process of garbling.
an instance of garbling; a garbled phrase, literary passage, etc.
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Origin of garble
OTHER WORDS FROM garble
gar·ble·a·ble, adjectivegarbler, nounun·gar·bled, adjectiveWords nearby garble
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British Dictionary definitions for garble
garble
/ (ˈɡɑːbəl) /
verb (tr)
to jumble (a story, quotation, etc), esp unintentionally
to distort the meaning of (an account, text, etc), as by making misleading omissions; corrupt
rare to select the best part of
noun
- the act of garbling
- garbled matter
Derived forms of garble
garbler, nounWord Origin for garble
C15: from Old Italian garbellare to strain, sift, from Arabic gharbala, from ghirbāl sieve, from Late Latin crībellum small sieve, from crībrum sieve
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