Category:Smatter

Smat"ter, v. i. Etym: [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.

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.

Smatter Smat"ter, n.

Defn: superficial knowledge; a smattering.