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Meaning
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 c.]
To make
false
by
mutilation
or addition
●
To
sift
or
bolt
, to
separate
the
fine
or
valuable
parts
of from the
coarse
and
useless
parts
, or from
dross
or
dirt
[– c.]
To
sift
or
bolt
, to
separate
the
fine
or
valuable
parts
of from the
coarse
and
useless
parts
, or from
dross
or dirt
Noun
●
Confused or
unintelligible
speech.
●
Refuse; rubbish.
●
mutilation
●
Impurities
separated
from
spices
,
drugs
, etc.; garblings.
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Origin
garble
English
garbeler
Anglo-Norman
garbellare
Latin
غربل
Arabic
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Gobbledygook
Gibberish
Jumble
Gobbledegook
Blabber
Blather
Drivel
Spew
Doggerel
Bleep
Psychobabble
Unintelligible
Scribble
Prattle
Word Salad
Jibber Jabber
Verbal Diarrhea
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Rhymes
Barbel
Garble
Marble
Moqui Marble
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