garble /ˈɡɑː(ɹ)bəl/noun 4verb 4forms 3 noun4 •Confused or unintelligible speech.The FCC says it decided to attempt standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble and static. — 1976 •(no longer used) Mutilation.Did not the lady smile upon the garble — 1808 •(no longer used) Refuse; rubbish. •(no longer used) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings. verb4 •To corrupt; to make unreadable, incomprehensible, or unintelligible.The announcement was completely garbled. •To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.He's garbled the details, but the outline of the story is still pretty clear. •To make false by mutilation or addition.The editor garbled the story. •(no longer used) To sift or bolt; to separate the fine or valuable parts of (something) from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt.to garble spices formsgarbled · garbling · garbles
