Garbling

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  • v. Present participle of garble.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Picking out; sorting.
  • n. plural The worst part or refuse of a staple commodity.
  • n. The act or practice of falsifying what has been said or written by partial or misleading quotation.
  • n. Rubbish found mixed with a cargo which has been stowed in bulk.
    • Word Usage
    "In his quotations from that speech, as he has made them upon former occasions, the extracts were taken in such a way as, I suppose, brings them within the definition of what is called garbling, —taking portions of a speech which, when taken by themselves, do not present the entire sense of the speaker as expressed at the time."
    Verb Form
    garbled    garbles    garbling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    misrepresent    belie   
    Cross Reference
    garble of nutmeg    garbling the coinage   
    Variant
    garblings   
    Hyponym
    murder    mutilate    mangle   
    Form
    garbley gook   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mutilate    pervert    refuse    rubbish    deface   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    marble   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    econometric    peruser    legalese    rear-area    readonly   
     
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