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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
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