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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
smatter
    v 1: work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in
         astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never
         makes any money" [syn: dabble, smatter, play around]
    2: to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the
       baby" [syn: babble, blather, smatter, blether,
       blither]
    3: speak with spotty or superficial knowledge; "She smatters
       Russian"

2. 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.
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            Of state affairs you can not smatter. --Swift.
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   2. To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial
      knowledge, of anything; to smack.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Smatter \Smat"ter\, v. t.
   1. To talk superficially about.
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   2. To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight,
      superficial knowledge of; to smack. --Chaucer.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Smatter \Smat"ter\, n.
   Superficial knowledge; a smattering.
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Thesaurus Results for Smatter:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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