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Smatter   /smˈætər/   Listen
noun
Smatter  n.  Superficial knowledge; a smattering.


verb
Smatter  v. t.  
1.
To talk superficially about.
2.
To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack.


Smatter  v. i.  
1.
To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter. "Of state affairs you can not smatter."
2.
To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack.





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"Smatter" Quotes from Famous Books



... soon be introduced at the infant schools among the other eccentric evolutions or playful whirls of Mr. Wilder-spin. At it is the fashion to comprehend nothing, but to have a smattering of everything, we beg leave to smatter our readers with a very thin layer of political economy. In the first place, "political" means "political," and "economy" signifies "economy," at least when taken separately; but put them together, and ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, October 30, 1841 • Various
... "'Smatter? Cheer up, kids, you ain't seen nothing yet. That was just a couple of little preliminary love-taps, like two boxers kinda feeling each other out in the first ten seconds of ...
— Skylark Three • Edward Elmer Smith
... "Sara! 'Smatter, Sara? 'Smat-ter?" Hattie's tired hand crept toward her friend; but her volition would not carry it across and it fell inert across ...
— The Best Short Stories of 1915 - And the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various


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