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Definition: Garble |
GarbleVerb1. Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "garble" was first used: 1419. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Garble (g hard) properly means to sift out the refuse. Thus, by the statute of 1 James I. 19, a penalty is imposed on the sale of drugs not garbled. We now use the word to express a mutilated extract, in which the sense of the author is perverted by what is omitted. (French, garber, to make clean; Spanish, garbillar.) "A garbled quotation may be the most effectual perversion of an author's meaning." - McCosh: Divine Government, p. 14. One of the best garbled quotations is this: David said (Psalm xiv. 1), "There is no God" (omitting the preceding words, "The fool hath said in his heart."). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: GarbleSynonyms: distort (v), falsify (v), warp (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accounts | Falsify an account, garble an account, cook an account, cook the books, doctor an account. |
Exclusion | Pass over, omit; garble; eliminate, weed, winnow. |
Falsehood | Garble, gloss over, disguise, give a color to; give a gloss, put a gloss, put false coloring upon; color, varnish, cook, dress up, embroider; varnish right and puzzle wrong; exaggerate; blague. |
Misinterpretation | Misrepresent, pervert; explain wrongly, misstate; garble; (falsify); distort, detort; travesty, play upon words; stretch the sense, strain the sense, stretch the meaning, strain the meaning, wrest the sense, wrest the meaning; explain away; put a bad construction on, put a false construction on; give a false coloring. |
Nonaddition Subtraction | Garble, mutilate, amputate, detruncate; cut off, cut away, cut out; abscind, excise; pare, thin, prune, decimate; abrade, scrape, file; geld, castrate; eliminate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Garble |
| English words defined with "garble": Garbling. (references) |
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 | Garble; jumble; distort. | | Garble; dunno; garbled; garbling; mumbling; mutter; grumble; grumbling; muttering. |
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Health | These abnormalities might change the behavior of neighboring receptors and garble the message as it passes from neuron to neuron. (references) | |
This messaging system involves a number of proteins, and abnormalities in these proteins or dysfunction at the relay points could block or garble the message. (references) | ||
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Expression using "garble": garble an account. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
garble | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "garble"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ngatërroj (bedevil, bewilder, complicate, confound, confuse, disorient, disorientate, disturb, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, entangle, entrap, flummox, fuddle, hash, immerse, implicate, intricate, involve, jerk off, jumble, lug in, make a hash of cutting, make a mess of, mess about, mistake, mix up, monkey, muddle, muddy, put out, Ravel, snarl, tamper, tie up). (various references) | |
Arabic | غربل (riddle, screen, screen out, sift, weed, winnow), حرف (brim, brink, character, contort, corrupt, deviate, distort, diverge, edge, falsify, letter, list, margin, misrepresent, particle, slant, tamper, torture, twist, wrest), تحريف (distortion, falsification, misrepresentation, torture, twist), تشويش (derangement, disarrangement, disarray, dislocation, disruption, disturbance, perturbation), التحريف في الشيء, شوه (assassinate, blemish, color, colour, deface, defile, deform, denigrate, distort, falsify, harm, maim, mangle, mar, misrepresent, mutilate, pervert, queer, skew, slant, slur, spoil, tinker, torment, torture, twist, warp, wrench), شوش (bedevil, befuddle, blanket, confuse, demoralize, derange, disarrange, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, dizzy, embroil, fog, fuddle, gum up, hamper, jam, jumble, mire, mix up, muddle, muddy, obfuscate, obscure, outface, parasite, perplex, perturb, rattle, ravel, scramble, smudge, unhinge, unsettle). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | фалшифицирам (adulterate, corrupt, counterfeit, doctor, fake, falsify, gerrymander, manipulate, tamper), тенденциозно подбирам, представям неточно (misrepresent). (various references) | |
Chinese | 断 取义 (garbled, Garbling). (various references) | |
Czech | překroutit (distort, falsify, misinterpret, misrepresent, pervert, skew, twist, wrench). (various references) | |
Farsi | فضولات (Garbage, Refuse), تحریف کردن (Agonize, Distort, Skew, Slant), تحریف (Anagram, Distortion, Sophistication), ضایعات (Culch, Loss, Wastage), الک کردن (Screen, Sieve, Sift). (various references) | |
French | déformer, brouiller, brouillage, altérer. (various references) | |
German | verstümmeln (distort, maim, mangle, mutilate, to garble, to mutilate), entstellen (blemish, contort, deface, deform, disfigure, distort, falsify, pervert, to deface, to disfigure, to garble, torture, warp). (various references) | |
Greek | διαστρέφω (belie, contort, distort, pervert, twist, vitiate, warp, wrench), διαστρεβλώνω (misrepresent, warp), διαλέγω (choose, elect, go for, grading, pick, pick out, select, single somebody out, sort, sorting). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לסלף (distort, falsify, misrepresent, parody, pervert, skew, twist, wrench, wrest). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kiválogat (assort, chose, chosen, sort, to assort, to choose, to garble, to grade, to sort out, to weed out), összekever (admix with, blend, confuse, incorporate, interfuse, intermix, mix up, to addle, to admix, to confound, to confuse, to implicate, to incorporate, to intersperse, to jumble, to jumble up, to medley, to mingle, to mingle-mangle, to mix, to mix up, to muddle up, to muss). (various references) | |
Indonesian | memutar-balik (contort). (various references) | |
Italian | travisare (distort, misinterpret, misrepresent, twist), ingarbugliare (complicate, confuse, entangle, get entangled), imbrogliare (cheat, cozen, diddle, do, embroil, entangle, entrap, fob, fool, get confused, get entangled, get tangled, hocus, mix up, mystify, overreach, rook, sell, spoof, swindle, tangle, trick), distorcere (be sprained, distort, strain, twist, warp), confondere (abash, addle, baffle, beat, become confuse, bemuse, bewilder, bother, confound, confuse, embarrass, foil, get mixed up, jumble, merge, mistake, mix, mix up, muddle, mystify, obfuscate, puzzle, stump), alterare (alter, change, clone, falsify, forge, get angry, go bad, go sour, lose one's temper, modify, transform, weather). (various references) | |
Manx | mestey (churning, compound, confuse, cross-breed, dispense, hybridize, interlace, jumble, mash, miscellany, mix, mixture, promiscuity, shuffle, stir). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arblegay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | grão de bico (chickpea), interpretar erradamente (misconstrue, mistake), falsificar (adulterate, bast, counterfeit, doctor, dope, dosimeter, fake, falsify, forge, fudge, gerrymander, manipulation, pirate, tamper, to doctor, vitiate, wangle), deturpar (disfigurement, falsify, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, wrench, wrest), alterar (alter, bartender, change, confound, differ, discompose, distempered, distortion, invert, make into, modify, mutate, overset, reconsider, shift, sophisticate, translate, transmute, unsettle, vary), adulterar (adulterate, bast, betray, commit adultery, dash, debase, dilute, doctor, dope, drug, falsify, fill an order, loaded, misinterpret, sophisticate, spoil, tamper, to cut, to doctor, to hit, weaken). (various references) | |
Romanian | trunchia (detruncate, emasculate, truncate), selecta (choose, cull, pick, select), denatura faptele (wrench). (various references) | |
Russian | искажать (contort, defeature, deprave, distort, distort with, falsify, misrepresent, misstate, mutilate, pervert, skew, strain, vitiate). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | izopačiti (distort, pervert, vitiate). (various references) | |
Spanish | tergiversar a (misinterpret, misrepresent, palter), mutilar (cripple, deface, disable, emasculate, maim, mangle, mutilate), falsear (adulterate, distort, falsify, forge, juggle, juggle with, throw out). (various references) | |
Swedish | stympa (clip, curtail, hack, maim, mutilate, truncate), förvanska (corrupt, distort, pervert, twist, vitiate, wring). (various references) | |
Thai | บิ"เบือนความจริง. (various references) | |
Turkish | saptırmak (angle, call away, color, colour, contort, deflect, demotivate, detour, deviate, distort, draw off, gerrymander, lead away, reroute, strain, sway, swerve, veer, veer round, vitiate, warp, wring), değiştirmek (alter, alternate, amend, change, commute, convert, disguise, diversify, doctor, exchange, falsify, inflect, interchange, intersperse, juggle with, metamorphose, modify, recast, replace, revise, shed, shift, specialize, swap, switch, switch to, swop, transmute, unmake, vary), bozmak (abash, abolish, adulterate, affect, alloy, annihilate, annul, baffle, ball up, barbarize, bedevil, blemish, botch, break, break down, break off, break on, bugger, bugger up, bust, cash, change, circumvent, confound, confuse, contaminate, corrupt, cross, damage, debase, debauch, decay, declare off, deface, defile, destroy, deteriorate, disappoint, disarray, discolor, discolour, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, discountenance, dislocate, dismount, disorder, disrupt, dissolve, distort, disturb, downgrade, emasculate, embarrass, embroil, exchange, explode, fluff, foil, foul, foul up, fumble, goof, goof up, gum up, Harry, impair, indispose, infect, infringe, lead astray, leaven, mangle, Mar, mess, murder, muss, mutilate, obliterate, pervert, pollute, put out, put out of action, put to shame, quash, queer, rattle, reverse, rot, ruffle, ruin, scotch, scupper, shatter, sour, spoil, stymie, taint, thwart, tousle, tumble, undo, unmake, upset, violate, vitiate, whittle away, whittle down, whittle off, wreck), üzerinde oynama yapmak (doctor, fiddle), çarpıtmak (angle, color, colour, contort, distort, make awry, make crooked, pervert, skew, slant, strain, torture, twist, warp, wrench, wrest, wring). (various references) | |
Ukranian | сортування (assortment, batching, classification, gradation, picking, separation, sorting, triage), сплутати, підтасовувати (manipulate, wangle), перекручувати (bedevil, contort, deform, disguise, distort, kink, misconstrue, mutilate, pervert, sophisticate, torture, travesty, warp, wrest, wring), перекручення (distortion, mutilation, perversion, wrench). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Arabic | 500-Modern | gharbala. (various references) |
| Anglo-French | 1100-1600 | garbeler. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "garble": garbled, garbler, garblers, garbles, garbless. (additional references) | |
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"Garble" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arbel, farble, Gabre, gabrel, galle, garbe, Garelli, garlek, garlen, garley, Garrle, gerbel, gerble, gibralt, Giebel, Girle, gorble, grabel, Grabke, grable, gramble. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "garble" (pronounced gÄ"rbul) |
| 5 | -Ä" r b u l | marble. |
| 4 | -r b u l | corbel. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, abominable, acceptable, accessible, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amble, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, assemble, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, babble, Babel, bankable, bauble, bearable, believable, bible, billable, biodegradable, bramble, breakable, bubble, buildable, Bumble, burnable, cable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, cobble, coble, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, crumble, culpable, curable, cymbal, dabble, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, Dibble, digestible, disable, disagreeable, disassemble, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, dissemble, distinguishable, divisible, doable, double, Drabble, dribble, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enable, enfeeble, enforceable, enjoyable, ennoble, ensemble, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fable, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, feeble, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, foible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fumble, fungible, fusible, gable, gamble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, gullible, habitable, hardscrabble, harvestable, herbal, heritable, hobble, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, humble, identifiable, ignoble, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immeasurable, immiscible, immobile, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intertribal, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, jumble, justifiable, kibble, knowledgeable, label, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, libel, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, mislabel, mobile, moldable, movable, mumble, navigable, negligible, negotiable, nibble, nimble, noble, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, nonverbal, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, pebble, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, preamble, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, psychobabble, punishable, questionable, quibble, quotable, rabble, ramble, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, reassemble, rebel, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redouble, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, relabel, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resemble, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, salable, saleable, salvageable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, shamble, Sibyl, sizable, sizeable, sociable, soluble, solvable, spendable, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, symbol, table, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, thimble, timetable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, tunable, turntable, typeable, umbel, unable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unscramble, unserviceable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, valuable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verbal, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, wamble, washable, wearable, winnable, wobble, workable. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-g-l-r" | |
-1 letter: abler, argle, bagel, baler, barge, belga, blare, blear, gable, glare, gleba, lager, large, regal. | |
-2 letters: able, ager, bale, bare, bear, berg, blae, brae, brag, earl, egal, gale, garb, gear, grab, lear, rage, rale, real. | |
-3 letters: age, alb, ale, arb, are, bag, bal, bar, beg, bel, bra, ear, era, erg, gab, gae, gal, gar, gel, lab, lag, lar, lea, leg, rag, reb, reg. | |
-4 letters: ab, ae, ag, al, ar, ba, be, el, er, la, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-g-l-r" | |
+1 letter: algebra, gabbler, gambler, gambrel, garbled, garbler, garbles, grabble. | |
+2 letters: algebras, arguable, badgerly, bargello, beggarly, beglamor, blearing, gabblers, gamblers, gambrels, garblers, garbless, glabrate, grabbled, grabbler, grabbles, gradable, grazable, growable. | |
+3 letters: agreeable, agreeably, algebraic, bargellos, barrelage, barreling, bedraggle, beglamors, beglamour, beleaguer, bluegrass, bricolage, cablegram, embrangle, forgeable, frangible, generable, glabellar, grabblers, grantable, graspable, grazeable, groupable, ignorable, litterbag, porbeagle, pregnable. | |
+4 letters: algebraist, barrelages, barrelling, becrawling, bedraggled, bedraggles, beglamored, beglamours, belaboring, beleaguers, bilgewater, blabbering, blarneying, blathering, blattering, bricolages, bridgeable, burglaries, burglarize, cablegrams, chargeable, clabbering, clambering, degradable, embrangled, embrangles, fiberglass, fibreglass, forgivable, governable, greaseball, inarguable, integrable, liberating, litterbags, loganberry, phlebogram, porbeagles, propagable, relabeling, slabbering, targetable, unarguable, upgradable. | |
+5 letters: aerobiology, algebraists, ballyragged, banteringly, beclamoring, bedraggling, beglamoring, beglamoured, belabouring, beleaguered, berascaling, bilgewaters, bioregional, bluegrasses, bullyragged, burglarized, burglarizes, celebrating, elaborating, embracingly, embrangling, enlargeable, fireballing, flabbergast, forgettable, gallbladder, glabrescent, glassblower, greaseballs, impregnable, impregnably, infrangible, lawbreaking, libertinage, marbleising, marbleizing, organizable, phlebograms, rebalancing, refrangible, regenerable, registrable, regrettable, regrettably, relabelling, subregional, talebearing, umbrellaing, ungraspable, unignorable, upgradeable, verbalizing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 61 72 62 6C 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .- .-. -... .-.. . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100001 01110010 01100010 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G a r b l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0061 0072 0062 006C 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)416784687871 |
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