Found 5 hits - Term: smatter, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
smatter \smat"ter\, n.
superficial knowledge; a smattering.
1913 webster
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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"
see also:
dabble play around babble blather blether blither
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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