garbling

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noun

The act by which something is garbled or confused.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of garble
noungarbling (countable and uncountable, plural garblings)

plural garblings

  1. countableuncountableThe act by which something is garbled or confused.

    Well, such cheap criticisms of the Bible are usually the fulsome garblings of ignorance, or the shifty device of prejudice.

    1992, J. Sidlow Baxter, Mark These Men: A Unique Look at Selected Men of the Bible, page 55
  2. countableuncountableThe process of removing the unwanted substances present in crude drugs after drying.

Origin

From garble + -ing.

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Cite this entry
APA

garbling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garbling

MLA

“garbling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garbling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “garbling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garbling.

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