garble

tr.v., -bled, -bling, -bles.

1. To mix up or distort to such an extent as to make misleading or incomprehensible: She garbled all the historical facts.
2. To scramble (a signal or message), as by erroneous encoding or faulty transmission.
3. Archaic. To sort out; cull.

n.
The act or an instance of garbling.

[Middle English garbelen, to inspect and remove refuse from spices, from Anglo-Norman garbeler, to sift, and from Medieval Latin garbellāre, both from Arabic ġarbala, to select, from ġirbāl, sieve, from Late Latin crībellum, diminutive of Latin crībrum.]

garbler gar'bler (-blər) n.

(gar-buhl)

verb tr.
1. To mix up or distort to such an extent as to make misleading or incomprehensible.
2. To scramble (a signal or message), as by erroneous encoding or faulty transmission.
3. Archaic. To sort out; cull.

noun
The act or an instance of garbling.

Etymology
Middle English garbelen, to inspect and remove refuse from spices, from Anglo-Norman garbeler, to sift, and from Medieval Latin garbellare, both from Arabic garbala, to select, from girbal, sieve, from Late Latin cribellum, diminutive of Latin cribrum.

Usage
"Some other impertinent observations of Bill Bradley in action: When he says `president of the United States' in speeches, he says it as though it is one word - presnunidedstays and I wonder whether this means he feels he already owns the words enough that he can garble them or whether he's scared to touch them with his lips." — Chris Heath, Taking the shot, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct 1999.

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v

Definition: mix up, misrepresent
Antonyms: decipher, order, pronounce, represent, translate, unscramble

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n.an error in transmission, reception, encryption, or decryption that changes the text of a message or any portion thereof in such a manner that it is incorrect or undecryptable.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

(DOD) An error in transmission, reception, encryption, or decryption that changes the text of a message or any portion thereof in such a manner that it is incorrect or undecryptable.

IN BRIEF: v. - Make false by mutilation or addition.

Tutor's tip: I might "garble" (speak or write in a confused manner) my ideas while I write about my escaped pet "gerbil" (small rodent kept as a pet).

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fordreje, forvanske, frasortere
n. - fordrejning, forvanskning, frasortering

Nederlands (Dutch)
onopzettelijk door elkaar halen, verdraaien, selectief zijn (negatief), uitzeven, uitgezeefd afval

Français (French)
v. tr. - déformer, raconter (qch) de façon confuse, donner (qch) de façon confuse (des instructions), transmettre (qch) de façon confuse
n. - confusion

Deutsch (German)
v. - verdrehen, verstümmeln, durcheinanderbringen
n. - Verstümmelung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαστρέφω, διαστρεβλώνω, αλλοιώνω, παραποιώ
n. - ανακάτεμα

Italiano (Italian)
ingarbugliare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - deturpar (fatos)
n. - deturpação (f)

Русский (Russian)
отбирать, искажать, отбор, искажение

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - falsificar, amañar, desvirtuar, truncar, mutilar
n. - acción de desvirtuar o mutilar, frase o pasaje literario truncado o mutilado

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förvanska
n. - förvanskning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
断章取义, 混淆, 篡改

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 斷章取義, 混淆
n. - 斷章取義, 篡改

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 마음대로 고치다, 잘못 전하다
n. - 왜곡, 불순물

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 曲げて伝える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يغربل, يشوش (الاسم) تحريف, خطأ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮סילף, תיאר בראי עקום, סירס‬
n. - ‮שיבוש, סילוף‬

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