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    garble
    /ˈɡɑːbl/

    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"

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  2. The meaning of GARBLE is to so alter or distort as to create a wrong impression or change the meaning. How to use garble in a sentence. Did you know?

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

  4. Garble definition: to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble. See examples of GARBLE used in a sentence.

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

  6. Jun 2, 2024 · To make false by mutilation or addition. [from 17th c.] The editor garbled the story. ( obsolete) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt. [14th–19th c.] to garble spices.

  7. 1. to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble: to garble instructions. 2. to make misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.); distort: to garble a quotation. n. 3. an act or instance of garbling.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. Garble definition: To mix up or distort to such an extent as to make misleading or incomprehensible.

  11. GARBLE meaning: to cause (a word, name, message, etc.) to be unclear or confusing.

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