verb
- to have a slight, superficial knowledge of something
noun
- a small amount or slight knowledge of something
Examples
- She smatters in several languages but isn’t fluent in any.
- He smatters of French from his high school classes.
- I have only a smatters of knowledge about quantum physics.
- The student smatters in music theory but needs more practice.
- There’s just a smatters of truth in what he’s saying.
- She smatters in cooking but prefers ordering takeout.