Smatter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To speak (a language) without fluency: smatters Russian.
  • v. To study or approach superficially; dabble in.
  • verb-intransitive. To prattle: smattered on about her vacation.
  • n. A smattering.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To talk superficially; to babble.
  • v. To speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge.
  • v. (figuratively) To study or approach superficially; to dabble in.
  • n. superficial knowledge; a smattering
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter.
  • verb-intransitive. To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack.
  • v. To talk superficially about.
  • v. To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack.
  • n. Superficial knowledge; a smattering.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make a noise. Songs and Carols (ed. Wright), No. lxxii.
  • To talk superficially or ignorantly.
  • To have a slight or superficial knowledge.
  • To talk ignorantly or superficially about; use in conversation or quote in a superficial manner.
  • To get a superficial knowledge of.
  • To taste slightly.
  • n. Slight or superficial knowledge; a smattering.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. to talk foolishly
  • v. work with in an amateurish manner
  • v. speak with spotty or superficial knowledge
  • Verb Form
    smattered    smattering    smatters   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    prate    maunder    tattle    twaddle    clack    palaver    blab    chatter    blabber    gabble   
    Form
    smatterer    smattering   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    babble    chatter    smack    smattering    knowledge    smatch    dabble   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Attar    Hatter    Tatar    antimatter    attar    batter    blatter    chatter    clatter    fatter