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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Smatter

/smăt'-ẽr/ · Smat·ter · IPA /ˈsmætəɹ/
01 v. i. To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter.
  1. 1.
    To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter.
    “Of state affairs you can not smatter.” — Swift.
  2. 2.
    To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack.
02 v. t. To talk superficially about.
  1. 1.
    To talk superficially about.
  2. 2.
    To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack.
03 n. Superficial knowledge; a smattering.
  1. 1.
    Superficial knowledge; a smattering.