GARBLING | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Garble

Speech Type: Verb

Etymology:

late Middle English (in the sense ‘sift out, cleanse’): from Anglo-Latin and Italian garbellare, from Arabic ġarbala ‘sift’, perhaps from late Latin cribellare ‘to sieve’, from Latin cribrum ‘sieve’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈɡɑːbl
Dialects: British English
Definition:

reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way

Short Definition:

reproduce message, sound, or transmission in confused and distorted way

Examples:
  • the connection was awful and kept garbling his voice

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