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smat·ter (smat′ər)

transitive verb

  1. to speak or utter (a language, words, etc.) with only slight knowledge
  2. to study or learn (a subject) superficially

Etymology: ME smateren, to chatter, prob. akin to MHG smetern, to chatter, gossip, of echoic orig.

noun

smattering

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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