Smatter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsmætə/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Smatter is a verb meaning To make (someone or something) dirty; to bespatter, to soil.
Meaning
To make (someone or something) dirty; to bespatter, to soil.
More Meanings
- To hit (someone or something) with a liquid; to splash, to spatter.
- To approach or study (something, such as a subject) superficially; to dabble in.
- To speak (a language or words) with only a superficial knowledge of it.
- To hit with a liquid; to splash, to spatter.
- To have a slight, superficial knowledge of something; to dabble.
- To talk ignorantly or superficially; to babble, to chatter.
- Synonym of smattering.
Example Sentences
The Barber ſmatters latin, I remember.
He smattered words in not a few foreign languages.
Smatter'ſt thou Greek ſtill? This tongue does ill grace / An old Trot, […]
The languages of Polynesia are easy to smatter, though hard to speak with elegance.
Word Forms
- smatters
- smattering
- smattered
- smatterest
- smatteredst
- smattereth
Synonyms for smatter
Depending on context, synonyms include assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, bedizen, befile.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include blather, blither, babble, dabble, blether, chatter.
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