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SMATTER
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Speak with spotty or superficial knowledge
Example:
She smatters Russian
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "smatter" is one way to...):
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
smattering (a slight or superficial understanding of a subject)
Sense 2
Meaning:
To talk foolishly
Example:
The two women babbled and crooned at the baby
Synonyms:
babble; blather; blether; blither; smatter
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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:
Work with in an amateurish manner
Example:
He plays around with investments but he never makes any money
Synonyms:
dabble; play around; smatter
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "smatter" is one way to...):
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
