5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Smatter \Smat"ter\, n. Superficial knowledge; a smattering. [1913 Webster] 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. [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] 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
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