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   Gar·ble

   /ˈɡärb(ə)l/

   

   verb

   • 1. reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way: "the connection was awful and kept garbling his voice"

   noun

   • 1. a garbled account or transmission: "most readers assumed the word was a typographical garble"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘sift out, cleanse’): from Anglo-Latin and Italian garbellare, from Arabic ġarbala ‘sift’, perhaps from late Latin cribellare ‘to sieve’, from Latin cribrum ‘sieve’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. garbler noun

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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 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 if a message is garbled?

   • The English word refers to distortion of speech or writing that makes its meaning unclear (impure). Messages sent through third parties at times have been garbled. Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023 At times, Udu barked or screamed into the mic for emotional effect, the lyrics garbled in a burst of post-teenage angst.

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   What is the difference between jumble and garble?

   • gar•ble /ˈgɑrbəl/ v. [ ~ + object], -bled, -bling. jumble: to garble instructions. to make unfair or misleading selections from or distort (facts, statements, writings, etc.) so as to change the meaning: to garble a quotation. gar•ble (gär′ bəl), v., -bled, -bling, n. jumble: to garble instructions. distort: to garble a quotation.

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   garble /ˈgɑɚbəl/ verb

   garbles; garbled; garbling

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

   •a garbled phone message

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   garble in American English. (ˈɡɑːrbəl) (verb -bled, -bling) transitive verb. 1. to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble. to garble instructions. 2. to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.); distort. to garble a quotation.

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   Define garble. garble synonyms, garble pronunciation, garble translation, English dictionary definition of garble. tr.v. gar·bled , gar·bling , gar·bles 1. To mix up or distort to such an extent as to make misleading or incomprehensible: The report garbled all the...