smatter

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verb

1. to talk foolishly
- The two women babbled and crooned at the baby
• Syn:
babble, blather, blether, blither
• Derivationally related forms:
blether (for: blether), blather (for: blather), babbler (for: babble), babble (for: babble), babbling (for: babble)
• Hypernyms:
chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle,
twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber,
tattle, blabber, gabble
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. work with in an amateurish manner
- She dabbles in astronomy
- He plays around with investments but he never makes any money
• Syn:
dabble, play around
• Derivationally related forms:
dabbler (for: dabble)
• Hypernyms:
busy, occupy
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- Somebody ----s (for: dabble)
3. speak with spotty or superficial knowledge
- She smatters Russian
• Derivationally related forms:
smattering
• Hypernyms:
speak, talk
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  babble, blather, blether, blither, dabble, play around