smatter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: smatter	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for smatter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smatter v work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money" Synonym(s): dabble, smatter, play around to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby" Synonym(s): babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither speak with spotty or superficial knowledge; "She smatters Russian"
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 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.