Synonyms: smatter
Definition: speak with spotty or superficial knowledge
Usage: She smatters Russian
Definition: use language
Usage: the baby talks already; the prisoner won't speak; they speak a strange dialect
Synonyms: blather, blether, blither, smatter, babble
Definition: to talk foolishly
Usage: The two women babbled and crooned at the baby
Similar words: clack, chatter, prate, prattle, piffle, palaver, gabble, gibber, blab, blabber, maunder, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle
Definition: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Synonyms: smatter, play around, dabble
Definition: work with in an amateurish manner
Usage: She dabbles in astronomy; He plays around with investments but he never makes any money
Definition: keep busy with
Usage: She busies herself with her butterfly collection