SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: GARBLE
PRONUNCIATION:
(GAHR-buhl)
MEANING:
verb tr.:
To distort a message, document, transmission, etc.
noun: An instance of garbling.
noun: An instance of garbling.
ETYMOLOGY:
Originally the word meant to sift, for example to remove refuse
from spices. With time its meaning became distorted to what it is now. From Old
Italian garbellare (to sift), from Arabic gharbala (to select). Earliest
documented use: 1483
USAGE: .
"Divers
can 'talk' under water but as they are unable to move their lips freely due to
their mouthpieces the words are garbled."
Deep; The Helsinki Times (Finland); Jul 19, 2014.
Deep; The Helsinki Times (Finland); Jul 19, 2014.
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