SMATTER

smatter. Smatter, v.i. to have a superficial knowledge

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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. 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.