smatter

Plural: smatters

Verb

Verb Forms: smattered, smattering, smatters

To speak or have a slight, superficial knowledge of something.
work with in an amateurish manner
to talk foolishly
speak with spotty or superficial knowledge
- "She smatters Russian"
To talk superficially; to babble, chatter.
To speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge.
To study or approach superficially; to dabble in.
To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack.

Noun

A smattering (small number or amount).
A smattering (superficial knowledge).

Examples

He could SMATTER in several languages, but mastering one for a Scrabble vocabulary was his goal.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English smatteren, smateren. Compare Swedish smattra, Danish and Norwegian smadre (all of which mean to patter), German schmettern (“to resound”).

Synonyms

babble, blather, blether, blither, dabble, play around

Scrabble Score: 9

smatter: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
smatter: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
smatter: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

smatter: valid Words With Friends Word