"smatter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsmæ.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsmæ.təɹ/ [General-American], [ˈsmæ.ɾɚ] [General-American] Audio: en-us-smatter.ogg Forms: smatters [plural]
Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English smatteren, smateren. Compare Swedish smattra, Danish and Norwegian smadre (all of which mean to patter), German schmettern (“to resound”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|smatteren}} Middle English smatteren, {{cog|sv|smattra}} Swedish smattra Head templates: {{en-noun}} smatter (plural smatters)
  1. A smattering (small number or amount).
    Sense id: en-smatter-en-noun-EDchx-CB
  2. A smattering (superficial knowledge).
    Sense id: en-smatter-en-noun-7CmRyn~T

Verb

IPA: /ˈsmæ.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsmæ.təɹ/ [General-American], [ˈsmæ.ɾɚ] [General-American] Audio: en-us-smatter.ogg Forms: smatters [present, singular, third-person], smattering [participle, present], smattered [participle, past], smattered [past]
Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English smatteren, smateren. Compare Swedish smattra, Danish and Norwegian smadre (all of which mean to patter), German schmettern (“to resound”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|smatteren}} Middle English smatteren, {{cog|sv|smattra}} Swedish smattra Head templates: {{en-verb}} smatter (third-person singular simple present smatters, present participle smattering, simple past and past participle smattered)
  1. (intransitive) To talk superficially; to babble, chatter. Tags: intransitive Translations (intransitive: talk superficially): هَذَى (haḏā) (Arabic), бърборя (bǎrborja) (Bulgarian), lantiponner [archaic] (French), parolar (Galician), labern (english: rude) (German), schwätzen (German), schwafeln (German), טָרָרָם (táraram) (Hebrew), blaterare (Italian), blaterō (Latin), болта́ть (boltátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), бр̀бљати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), br̀bljati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), brbljati (Slovene), charlar (Spanish), parlotear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-smatter-en-verb-PJBfBM8t Disambiguation of 'intransitive: talk superficially': 88 2 9 2
  2. (transitive) To speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge. Tags: transitive Translations (to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge): لَحَنَ (laḥana) (Arabic), говоря повърхностно (govorja povǎrhnostno) (Bulgarian), xampurrejar (Catalan), baragouiner (French), chapurrear (Galician), cortar (Galician), radebrechen (German), masticare (Italian), кове́ркать (kovérkatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ло̀мити [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), lòmiti [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), chapurrar (Spanish), chapurrear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-smatter-en-verb-99UJkH2L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 7 9 46 28 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 6 10 18 41 11 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 11 16 44 12 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 11 16 44 12 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 11 12 44 14 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 7 11 16 44 12 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 10 9 48 14 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 6 10 17 40 11 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 9 10 51 15 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 9 9 10 51 15 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 9 10 51 15 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 7 10 17 44 12 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 7 11 17 43 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 10 10 50 14 7 Disambiguation of 'to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge': 3 89 1 7
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To study or approach superficially; to dabble in. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-smatter-en-verb-d0cL~6n4
  4. To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack.
    Sense id: en-smatter-en-verb-FsTWYAp6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: smatterer, smattering

Inflected forms

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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smattered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "smattered",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1533, John Heywood, A Mery Play Betwene the Pardoner and the Frere, London: Wyllyam Rastell",
          "text": "What standest thou there all the day smatterynge",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1733, Jonathan Swift “On Poetry” in The Poetical Works of Jonathan Swift, London: William Pickering, 1833, Volume 2, pp. 63-64, For poets, law makes no provision; The wealthy have you in derision",
          "text": "Of state affairs you cannot smatter;\nAre awkward when you try to flatter;"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To talk superficially; to babble, chatter."
      ],
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          "talk"
        ],
        [
          "superficial",
          "superficial"
        ],
        [
          "babble",
          "babble"
        ],
        [
          "chatter",
          "chatter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To talk superficially; to babble, chatter."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1891, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 2, in In the South Seas, New York: Scribner, published 1896, page 9",
          "text": "The languages of Polynesia are easy to smatter, though hard to speak with elegance.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge."
      ],
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          "speak"
        ],
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          "spotty",
          "spotty"
        ],
        [
          "superficial",
          "superficial"
        ],
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To study or approach superficially; to dabble in."
      ],
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        [
          "study",
          "study"
        ],
        [
          "approach",
          "approach"
        ],
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          "superficial",
          "superficial"
        ],
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          "dabble",
          "dabble"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figuratively) To study or approach superficially; to dabble in."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "smack",
          "smack"
        ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsmæ.tə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsmæ.təɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsmæ.ɾɚ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ætə(ɹ)"
    },
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "haḏā",
      "sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
      "word": "هَذَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bǎrborja",
      "sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
      "word": "бърборя"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "lantiponner"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
      "word": "parolar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "rude",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
      "word": "labern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
      "word": "schwätzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
      "word": "schwafeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "táraram",
      "sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
      "word": "טָרָרָם"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
      "word": "blaterare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
      "word": "blaterō"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "boltátʹ",
      "sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "болта́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "бр̀бљати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "br̀bljati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
      "word": "brbljati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
      "word": "charlar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: talk superficially",
      "word": "parlotear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "laḥana",
      "sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
      "word": "لَحَنَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "govorja povǎrhnostno",
      "sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
      "word": "говоря повърхностно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
      "word": "xampurrejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
      "word": "baragouiner"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
      "word": "chapurrear"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
      "word": "cortar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
      "word": "radebrechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
      "word": "masticare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kovérkatʹ",
      "sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "кове́ркать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ло̀мити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "lòmiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
      "word": "chapurrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge",
      "word": "chapurrear"
    }
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}

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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ætə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ætə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "smattra"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish smattra",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English smatteren, smateren. Compare Swedish smattra, Danish and Norwegian smadre (all of which mean to patter), German schmettern (“to resound”).",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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          "text": "a smatter of applause"
        }
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        "A smattering (small number or amount)."
      ],
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          "smattering"
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        "A smattering (superficial knowledge)."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "[ˈsmæ.ɾɚ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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}

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