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To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter.

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  1. v. i. To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter.
  2. v. i. To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack.
  3. v. t. To talk superficially about.
  4. v. t. To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack.
  5. n. Superficial knowledge; a smattering.
  6. v. work with in an amateurish manner
  7. v. to talk foolishly
  8. v. speak with spotty or superficial knowledge
  9. 1. To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter. Of state affairs you can not smatter. Swift. 2. To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack. 1. To talk superficially about. 2. To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack. Chaucer. Superficial knowledge; a smattering.
  10. v. speak with spotty or superficial knowledge