Smatter

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ætÉ™(r)

Origin

From Middle English smateren. Compare Swedish smattra, Danish and Norwegian smadre (all of which mean to patter), German schmettern ("to resound").

Full definition of smatter

Verb

1. (intransitive) To talk superficially; to babble.
• Jonathan SwiftOf state affairs you cannot smatter.
2. (transitive) To speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge.to smatter Arabic
3. (transitive, figuratively) To study or approach superficially; to dabble in.
4. To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack.

Derived terms

• smatterer
• smattering

Noun

1. superficial knowledge; a smattering

Anagrams

• matters