garble
IPA: gˈɑrbʌɫ
noun
- Confused or unintelligible speech.
- (obsolete) Refuse; rubbish.
- (obsolete) mutilation
- (obsolete) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings.
verb
- To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert.
- To make false by mutilation or addition. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
- (obsolete) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt. [:Template:SAFESUBST:–Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
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Examples of "garble" in Sentences
- The unfortunate consequence for those on VoIP-enabled calls is what is referred to as latency, jitter and packet loss, and the resultant "garble" or dropped calls are quite annoying.
- In a series of Tweets, Michael -- who turns 50 on Sunday -- told his troubled daughter that estranged ex-wife Dina had to "put the 'garble' aside and get on the same page" and join them all in therapy.
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