smattering
/หsmรฆษพษนฬฉษชล/IPA: /S M AE1 T ER0 IH0 NG/
noun
- 1
A superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject.
โShe knows a smattering of Greek, but not enough to carry on a conversation.โ
- 2
A small number or amount of something.
โThereโs only a smattering of people who oppose the first amendment.โ
verb
- 1
To talk superficially; to babble, chatter.
- 2
To speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge.
- 3
To study or approach superficially; to dabble in.
- 4
To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack.
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