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English verb: smatter | |||
| 1. | smatter (social) work with in an amateurish manner | ||
| Samples | She dabbles in astronomy. He plays around with investments but he never makes any money. | ||
| Synonyms | dabble, play around | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s VERB-ing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | busy, occupy | ||
| 2. | smatter (communication) to talk foolishly | ||
| Samples | The two women babbled and crooned at the baby. | ||
| Synonyms | babble, blather, blether, blither | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle | ||
| 3. | smatter (communication) speak with spotty or superficial knowledge | ||
| Samples | She smatters Russian. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | speak, talk | ||
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