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1. Work with in an amateurish manner
   "She smatters in astronomy"
   - dabble, play around
    
2. To talk foolishly
   "The two women smattered and crooned at the baby"
   - babble, blather, blether [UK, dialect], blither
    
3. Speak with spotty or superficial knowledge
   "She smatters Russian"

Derived forms: smattered, smattering, smatters

See also: smattering

Type of: blab, blabber, busy, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, occupy, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, rabbit [Brit], speak, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, witter [Brit], yabber [Brit]