SMATTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smatter mean? 

• SMATTER (verb)
  The verb SMATTER has 3 senses:

1. work with in an amateurish manner

2. to talk foolishly

3. speak with spotty or superficial knowledge

  Familiarity information: SMATTER used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMATTER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Work with in an amateurish manner

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

dabble; play around; smatter

Context example:

He plays around with investments but he never makes any money

Hypernyms (to "smatter" is one way to...):

busy; occupy (keep busy with)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Sense 2

Meaning:

To talk foolishly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

babble; blather; blether; blither; smatter

Context example:

The two women babbled and crooned at the baby

Hypernyms (to "smatter" is one way to...):

blab; blabber; chatter; clack; gabble; gibber; maunder; palaver; piffle; prate; prattle; tattle; tittle-tattle; twaddle (speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Speak with spotty or superficial knowledge

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

She smatters Russian

Hypernyms (to "smatter" is one way to...):

speak; talk (use language)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

smattering (a slight or superficial understanding of a subject)