Smat"ter (?), v. i. [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.
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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.
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Smat"ter, n.
Superficial knowledge; a smattering.
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