Verb
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| smatter -
speak with spotty or superficial knowledge; "She smatters Russian"
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speak,
talk use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
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| smatter -
to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
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babble,
blather,
blether,
blither |
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twaddle,
blabber,
tittle-tattle,
gabble,
prattle,
prate,
tattle,
piffle,
blab,
gibber,
maunder,
clack,
palaver,
chatter act in a trivial or ineffective way
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| smatter -
work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"
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dabble,
play around |
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busy,
occupy keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
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