Smatter

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Smatter \Smat"ter\, v. t.
     1. To talk superficially about.
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     2. To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight,
        superficial knowledge of; to smack. --Chaucer.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Smatter \Smat"ter\, n.
     Superficial knowledge; a smattering.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              Of state affairs you can not smatter. --Swift.
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     2. To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial
        knowledge, of anything; to smack.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  smatter
       v 1: work with in a non-serious manner; "She dabbles in
            astronomy"; "He plays around with investments bu he
            never makes any money" [syn: {dabble}, {play around}]
       2: to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the
          baby" [syn: {babble}, {blather}, {blether}, {blither}]
       3: speak with spotty or superficial knowledge; "She smatters
          Russian"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "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