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1. • • to make words or messages unclear and difficult to understand: It's bad when phones garble conversations.
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   What does garble mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! GARBLE meaning: 1. to make words or messages unclear and difficult to understand: 2. to make words or messages…. Learn more.

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   What does garbling mean?

   • Related: Garbled; garbling. In Middle English garbeler (Anglo-French garbelour) meant "official who garbles spices and sometimes also other dry goods" (early 15c.); it is attested from 1690s as "one who mixes up or mutilates words or language."

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   What does it mean if a sentence is garbled?

   • When garble first emerged on the scene in the early 15th century, it meant "to sift" or "sort through." So imagine a sentence so scrambled that you have to sort through each word, trying to figure out what everything means. Garbling can happen by accident, like when your radio signal is bad and the songs get all distorted.

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   What does it mean to garble a speech?

   • When you garble something, you warp or distort it, making it hard to understand. Talking with marbles in your mouth is one sure way of garbling your speech. When garble first emerged on the scene in the early 15th century, it meant "to sift" or "sort through."

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   GARBLE meaning: 1. to make words or messages unclear and difficult to understand: 2. to make words or messages…. Learn more.

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   garble /ˈgɑɚbəl/ verb

   garbles; garbled; garbling

   garble

   /ˈgɑɚbəl/

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   •We could not understand him because of his garbled speech.

   •a garbled phone message

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   Jul 6, 2017 · Ask Question. Asked 6 years, 10 months ago. Modified 6 years ago. Viewed 4k times. 26. Originally the word meant to sift, for example to remove refuse from spices. With time its meaning became distorted to what it is now. From Old Italian garbellare (to sift), from Arabic gharbala (to select).

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   Definitions of 'garble' 1. to jumble (a story, quotation, etc), esp unintentionally. [...] 2. to distort the meaning of (an account, text, etc), as by making misleading omissions; corrupt. [...] 3. rare. to select the best part of. [...] 4. a. the act of garbling. [...] b. garbled matter. [...] More. Conjugations of 'garble'

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   3 days ago · 1. to jumble (a story, quotation, etc), esp unintentionally. 2. to distort the meaning of (an account, text, etc), as by making misleading omissions; corrupt. 3. rare. to select the best part of. noun. 4. a. the act of garbling. b. garbled matter. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. garbler (ˈgarbler)

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   1. a. Obsolete. to sort by sifting. b. Rare. to select the best parts of. 2. to suppress or distort parts of (a story, etc.) in telling, so as to mislead or misrepresent. 3. to confuse or mix up (a quotation, story, message, etc.) unintentionally, as through inaccurate copying or poor radio transmission. noun. 4. the act or result of garbling.

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