smatter

smat·ter

S0493100 (smăt′ər)v. smat·tered, smat·ter·ing, smat·ters v.tr.1. To speak (a language) without fluency: smatters Russian.2. To study or approach superficially; dabble in.v.intr. To prattle: smattered on about her vacation.n. A smattering.

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[Middle English smateren, to make dirty, speak foolishly, chatter.]

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smat′ter·er n.

smatter

(ˈsmætə) na smatteringvb1. (intr) rare to prattle2. (tr) archaic to dabble in[C14 (in the sense: to prattle): of uncertain origin; compare Middle High German smetern to gossip] ˈsmatterer n

smat•ter

(ˈsmæt ər)

v.t. 1. to speak (a language, words, etc.) with superficial knowledge or understanding. 2. to dabble in. n. 3. smattering. [1300–50; Middle English; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Dan, Norwegian smadre to splash, swash, Swedish smattra to clatter, rattle]

smatter

Past participle: smattered
Gerund: smattering

Imperative
smatter
smatter

Present
I smatter
you smatter
he/she/it smatters
we smatter
you smatter
they smatter

Preterite
I smattered
you smattered
he/she/it smattered
we smattered
you smattered
they smattered

Present Continuous
I am smattering
you are smattering
he/she/it is smattering
we are smattering
you are smattering
they are smattering

Present Perfect
I have smattered
you have smattered
he/she/it has smattered
we have smattered
you have smattered
they have smattered

Past Continuous
I was smattering
you were smattering
he/she/it was smattering
we were smattering
you were smattering
they were smattering

Past Perfect
I had smattered
you had smattered
he/she/it had smattered
we had smattered
you had smattered
they had smattered

Future
I will smatter
you will smatter
he/she/it will smatter
we will smatter
you will smatter
they will smatter

Future Perfect
I will have smattered
you will have smattered
he/she/it will have smattered
we will have smattered
you will have smattered
they will have smattered

Future Continuous
I will be smattering
you will be smattering
he/she/it will be smattering
we will be smattering
you will be smattering
they will be smattering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been smattering
you have been smattering
he/she/it has been smattering
we have been smattering
you have been smattering
they have been smattering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been smattering
you will have been smattering
he/she/it will have been smattering
we will have been smattering
you will have been smattering
they will have been smattering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been smattering
you had been smattering
he/she/it had been smattering
we had been smattering
you had been smattering
they had been smattering

Conditional
I would smatter
you would smatter
he/she/it would smatter
we would smatter
you would smatter
they would smatter

Past Conditional
I would have smattered
you would have smattered
he/she/it would have smattered
we would have smattered
you would have smattered
they would have smattered

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	smatter - work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"play around, dabblebusy, occupy - keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
	2.	smatter - to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"blather, blether, blither, babbleblabber, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, gabble, gibber, blab, clack, maunder, chatter - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
	3.	smatter - speak with spotty or superficial knowledge; "She smatters Russian"speak, talk - use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"

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