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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gar•ble /ˈgɑrbəl/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -bled, -bling. - to distort unintentionally or ignorantly;
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.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gar•ble (gär′bəl),USA pronunciation v., -bled, -bling, n. v.t. - 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.
n. - the act or process of garbling.
- an instance of garbling;
a garbled phrase, literary passage, etc.
- Late Latin crībellāre, derivative of crībellum, diminutive of Latin crībrum sieve (see -elle); probably influenced by garboil
- Arabic gharbala
- Old Italian garbellare to sift
- late Middle English garbelen to remove refuse from spices 1400–50
gar′ble•a•ble, adj. gar′bler, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: garble /ˈɡɑːbəl/ vb (transitive)- 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
n - the act of garbling
- garbled matter
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old Italian garbellare to strain, sift, from Arabic gharbala, from ghirbāl sieve, from Late Latin crībellum small sieve, from crībrum sieveˈgarbler n |