smatter

verbs

work with in an amateurish manner
"She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"
dabble, play around, smatter
to talk foolishly
"The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
babble, blather, blether, blither, smatter
speak with spotty or superficial knowledge
"She smatters Russian"
smatter
is derived from
smattering
is a type of (narrower)
use language
"the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
speak, talk