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smattering   (TTS Sound)

The noun smattering has 2 senses

• handful, smattering -- (a small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were received")


• smattering -- (a slight or superficial understanding of a subject)

The verb smatter has 3 senses

• dabble, smatter, play around -- (work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money")


• babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither -- (to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby")


• smatter -- (speak with spotty or superficial knowledge; "She smatters Russian")