[
US
/ˈɡɑɹbəɫ/
]
[ UK /ɡˈɑːbəl/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈɑːbəl/ ]
VERB
- make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
How To Use garble In A Sentence
- Some random bluster and name-drop: "In 2005, we sponsored Rock the Vote, [garbled, something about wine], we got a chance to connect with President Obama then. "I want to see that invitation": D.C. 'Housewives' recap and fact-check (#8, Oct. 1)
- Quiet and intense, he speaks in a halting manner, sometimes garbles his sentences and lacks a smooth personal touch. Minn. governor fights GOP on taxes for wealthy
- You try to talk to a fellow shopper, but your words sound garbled, and others seem confused by your speech.
- On windy days, the smoke was wafted so that signals became garbled and confusing.
- Encryption garbles data using irreversible mathematical functions. Times, Sunday Times
- The about section of her web site is full of fanciful garble about her consulting work.
- The papers had some garbled version of the story.
- Mr Spire seemed of the same mind and was washing his hands in a runnel of dew among a garble of tree roots.
- I plowed through this text in my bedroom late at night, while the unintelligible garble of the downstairs television kept me abreast of my parents' assured position in front of it.
- No doubt such garbled syntax does great things for policymakers sitting on committees.