Meaning of SMATTER
| Pronunciation: | | 'smatur
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- [v] speak with spotty or superficial knowledge; "She smatters Russian"
- [v] to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
- [v] work with in a non-serious manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments bu he never makes any money"
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| | Synonyms: | | babble, blather, blether, blither, dabble, play around |
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| | See Also: | | blab, blabber, busy, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, occupy, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, speak, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
Of state affairs you can not smatter. --Swift.
2. To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial
knowledge, of anything; to smack.
\Smat"ter\, v. t.
1. To talk superficially about.
2. To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight,
superficial knowledge of; to smack. --Chaucer.
\Smat"ter\, n.
Superficial knowledge; a smattering.
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