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Pronunciation : Smat"ter
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. smateren to make a noise; cf. Sw. smattra to clatter, to crackle, G. schmettern to dash, crash, to warble, quaver.]
Definition : 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.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Smat"ter
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To talk superficially about.

2. To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack. Chaucer.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Smat"ter
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Superficial knowledge; a smattering.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913