Smatter

Word SMATTER
Character 7
Hyphenation smat ter
Pronunciations /ˈsmæ.tə/

Definitions and meanings of "Smatter"

What do we mean by smatter?

To speak (a language) without fluency. intransitive verb

To study or approach superficially; dabble in. intransitive verb

To prattle. intransitive verb

A smattering. noun

To make a noise. Songs and Carols (ed. Wright), No. lxxii.

To talk superficially or ignorantly.

To have a slight or superficial knowledge.

To talk ignorantly or superficially about; use in conversation or quote in a superficial manner.

To get a superficial knowledge of.

To taste slightly.

Slight or superficial knowledge; a smattering. noun

Superficial knowledge; a smattering. noun

To talk superficially about. transitive verb

To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack. transitive verb

To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter. intransitive verb

To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack. intransitive verb

To talk superficially; to babble. verb

To speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge. verb

(figuratively) To study or approach superficially; to dabble in. verb

Superficial knowledge; a smattering noun

A smattering (small number or amount).

A smattering (superficial knowledge).

Synonyms and Antonyms for Smatter

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The word "smatter" in example sentences

a superficial "smatter" of knowledge concerning many. ❋ Nixon Waterman (1901)

This should serve as a preview for the ridiculousness that Republicans are going to smatter us with this election season. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Occasionally he would do a rewrite in reported speech to present a smatter of variety. ❋ A. D. Scott (2010)

Beware magazine images showing squishy, sofa-style furniture – those piles of cushions have to be lugged indoors whenever there's a smatter of rain, then stored somewhere. ❋ Susie Steiner (2010)

Shopkeepers board up their windows, plastic bags tumble across the road, a few warning drops smatter the ground foreshadowing the deluge sure to follow. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She knew how to do things and make things and even her good looks were competent, a straightforward sort of ableness, open and clear-eyed, with a smatter of fading freckles and a dirty-minded smile. ❋ Don Delillo (2008)

Several smatter also crowd the bridge keeping an eye out. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I just smatter on as much as I want and then stoke the fire up to near heatstroke levels. ❋ Kludge (2007)

But when he finished speaking, there was just a smatter of applause outside and there was no walkabout afterwards by the royals, either. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Aside from the original blue streak, he had flecks of green and yellow in his hair and a smatter of black across his cheek. ❋ Kate Brian (2006)

Kevin gives us paragraphs and paragraphs of psychologizing, a quote from a minor blogger I and probably most everybody else has never heard of, a random smatter of LGF comments of which half are extremely tasteless yet funny jokes particularly like the what color eyes, blew! one, and a complaint from Hewitt whose truth is shown by reading the comments here. ❋ Unknown (2006)

She could read, and write, and dance, and sing, and play upon the harpsichord, and smatter French, and take a hand at whist and ombre; but even these accomplishments she possessed by halves — She excelled in nothing. ❋ Unknown (2004)

JOHN KERRY (D-MA), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I will fight a smatter, more effective, tougher war on terror. ❋ Unknown (2004)

'My heart is broken,' he wailed, and he grasped her hand and began to smatter it with kisses. ❋ De Bernieres, Louis (2003)

Even so, I decided I would pick up a smatter of the language. ❋ Cook, Glen (1989)

As far as intelligence goes, he's obviously much smatter than the average nineteen-year old man, but there are dozens of other factors which could account for that. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (1988)

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