Verb: smatter sma-tu(r)- Work with in an amateurish manner
"She smatters in astronomy"; - dabble, play around - To talk foolishly
"The two women smattered and crooned at the baby"; - babble, blather, blether [UK, dialect], blither - Speak with spotty or superficial knowledge
"She smatters Russian" Noun: smatter sma-tu(r)- A slight or superficial understanding of a subject
- smattering - A small number or amount
"only a smatter of responses were received"; - handful, smattering
Derived forms: smattered, smattering, smatters Type of: apprehension, blab [informal], blabber [informal], busy, chatter, clack [informal], discernment, gabble, gibber, maunder, occupy, palaver [informal], piffle, prate, prattle, rabbit [Brit, informal], savvy, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, speak, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle [informal], twattle [UK, dialect], understanding, vapor [US], vapour [Brit, Cdn], witter [Brit, informal], yabber [Brit, informal], yatter [Brit, informal] |