[ˈɡɑːbl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way
(e.g: the connection was awful and kept garbling his voice)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘sift out, cleanse’): from Anglo-Latin and Italian garbellare, from Arabic ġarbala ‘sift’, perhaps from late Latin cribellare ‘to sieve’, from Latin cribrum ‘sieve’

[ˈɡɑːbl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a garbled account or transmission
(e.g: most readers assumed the word was a typographical garble)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘sift out, cleanse’): from Anglo-Latin and Italian garbellare, from Arabic ġarbala ‘sift’, perhaps from late Latin cribellare ‘to sieve’, from Latin cribrum ‘sieve’