Word Study
smatter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb smatter has 3 senses
- smatter(v = verb.social) dabble, play around - work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money" is one way to busy, occupy
- smatter(v = verb.communication) babble, blather, blether, blither - to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby" is one way to blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle
- smatter(v = verb.communication) Array - speak with spotty or superficial knowledge; "She smatters Russian" is one way to speak, talk
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Derived form noun smattering2
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Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
smatter, v. i. [OE. smateren to make a noise; cf. Sw. smattra to clatter, to crackle, G. schmettern to dash, crash, to warble, quaver.].
- To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter. [1913 Webster]"Of state affairs you can not smatter." [1913 Webster]
- To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack. [1913 Webster]
smatter, v. t.
- To talk superficially about. [1913 Webster]
- To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
smatter, n.
Superficial knowledge; a smattering. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
smatter, n. (also smattering) a slight superficial knowledge of a language or subject.
Derivative
smatterer n.
Etymology
ME smatter talk ignorantly, prate: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
smatter
babble, burst, cackle, chat, chatter, clack, few, fragment, gab, gas, handful, jaw, pash, prate, prattle, rive, scattering, shiver, smash, smattering, spatter, spattering, splinter, sprinkling
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