Hypertext Webster Gateway: "smatter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Smatter \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Smatter \Smat"ter\, n.
Superficial knowledge; a smattering.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Of state affairs you can not smatter. --Swift.
2. To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial
knowledge, of anything; to smack.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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"
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