Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb smatter
3 senses of smatter
Sense 1
dabble, smatter, play around -- (work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money")
=> busy, occupy -- (keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection")
Sense 2
babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither -- (to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby")
=> chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble -- (speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly)
Sense 3
smatter -- (speak with spotty or superficial knowledge; "She smatters Russian")
=> speak, talk -- (use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect")