gar
ble
Third Person
garbles
Present Participle
garbling
Past Tense
garbled
Past Participle
garbled
1
to mix up, distort, or confuse information, typically in a way that makes it difficult to understand or use
- The poor phone connection garbled his message, making it impossible to understand.
- The journalist accidentally garbled the facts, leading to a misleading headline.
- The translation software garbled the original text, producing nonsensical results.
- She was so nervous during the presentation that she garbled her words and lost her train of thought.
- The old recording was garbled, with parts of the conversation completely unintelligible.