SMATTERED

Verb

smattered

simple past tense and past participle of smatter

Anagrams

• dreamtest, ramsetted

Source: Wiktionary


SMATTER

Smat"ter, v. i. Etym: [OE. smateren to make a noise; cf. Sw. smattra to clatter, to crackle, G. schmettern to dash, crash, to warble, quaver.]

1. To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter. Of state affairs you can not smatter. Swift.

2. To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack.

Smat"ter, v. t.

1. To talk superficially about.

2. To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack. Chaucer.

Smat"ter, n.

Definition: Superficial knowledge; a smattering.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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