'Smatter' definitions:
Definition of 'smatter'
(from WordNet)
verb
Work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money" [syn: dabble, smatter, play around]
verb
To talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby" [syn: babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither]
verb
Speak with spotty or superficial knowledge; "She smatters Russian"
Definition of 'Smatter'
From: GCIDE
- Smatter \Smat"ter\, v. i. [OE. smateren to make a noise; cf. Sw. smattra to clatter, to crackle, G. schmettern to dash, crash, to warble, quaver.]
- 1. To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter. [1913 Webster]
- Of state affairs you can not smatter. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Smatter'
From: GCIDE
- Smatter \Smat"ter\, v. t.
- 1. To talk superficially about. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Smatter'
From: GCIDE
- Smatter \Smat"ter\, n. Superficial knowledge; a smattering. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'smatter'
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