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Garble

Garble Meaning & Definition
Garble Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Garble?

[v] make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

Synonyms | Synonyms for Garble: distort | falsify | warp

Related Terms | Find terms related to Garble: adulterate | Aesopian language | argot | babble | Babel | ball up | becloud | belie | bias | bollix up | burlesque | camouflage | cant | caricature | cipher | code | color | complicate | conceal | confound | confuse | contort | corrupt | cryptogram | disguise | distort | doctor | double Dutch | dress up | embellish | embroider | exaggerate | falsify | foul up | fudge | fumble | get one wrong | get wrong | gibberish | gift of tongues | gild | gloss | gloss over | glossolalia | gobbledygook | Greek | hide | jargon | jumble | make unintelligible | mangle | mask | misapply | misapprehend | miscite | miscolor | misconceive | misconstrue | misdeem | misdirect | misexplain | misexplicate | misexpound | misinterpret | misjudge | misquote | misread | misrender | misreport | misrepresent | misstate | mistake | misteach | mistranslate | misunderstand | misuse | mix up | muck up | muddle | mumble | mutilate | mutter | mystify | noise | obfuscate | obscure | overdraw | overstate | parody | pervert | pi | play hob with | riffle | scramble | screw up | secret language | shadow | shuffle | slang | slant | snafu | snarl up | squeeze | strain | strain the sense | titivate | torture | travesty | trick out | tumble | twist | twist the words | understate | varnish | warp | whitewash | wrench

See Also | belie | mangle | misrepresent | murder | mutilate

Garble In Webster's Dictionary

\Gar"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Garbling}.] [Formerly, to pick out, sort, OF. grabeler, for garbeler to examine precisely, garble spices, fr. LL. garbellare to sift; cf. Sp. garbillar to sift, garbillo a coarse sieve, L. cribellum, dim. of cribrum sieve, akin to cernere to separate, sift (cf. E. {Discern}); or perh. rather from Ar. gharb[=a]l, gharbil, sieve.] 1. To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices. [Obs.] 2. To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.
\Gar"ble\, n. 1. Refuse; rubbish. [Obs.] --Wolcott. 2. pl. Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called {garblings}.

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