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Smatter   /smˈætər/   Listen
Smatter

verb
1.
Work with in an amateurish manner.  Synonyms: dabble, play around.  "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"
2.
To talk foolishly.  Synonyms: babble, blather, blether, blither.
3.
Speak with spotty or superficial knowledge.



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"Smatter" Quotes from Famous Books



... board used me very kindly, quite contrary to what I had seen of any white people before; I therefore began to think that they were not all of the same disposition. A few days after I was on board we sailed for England. I was still at a loss to conjecture my destiny. By this time, however, I could smatter a little imperfect English; and I wanted to know as well as I could where we were going. Some of the people of the ship used to tell me they were going to carry me back to my own country, and this made me ...
— The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African - Written By Himself • Olaudah Equiano
... many, whose fortunes were said to be ample, Miss Lily De Lusian may serve as a sample: She'd a smatter of French, and a languishing air, While of sense she possessed but a limited share. She played the piano remarkably well, And by all of her friends was considered a belle. And perhaps it was so, for she certainly 'told,' In the set where she ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various
... 'What's smatter, gentlemen?—What's smatter?' exclaimed Spigot rushing in, rubbing his eyes with one hand, and holding a block tin ...
— Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour • R. S. Surtees


Words linked to "Smatter" :   palaver, blabber, gabble, chatter, talk, tattle, dabble, speak, blether, busy, play around, tittle-tattle, prate, blab, piffle, clack, prattle, blither, occupy, gibber, twaddle, maunder, blather


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