- dabble, smatter, play around - work with in a non-serious manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments bu he never makes any money"
--1 is one way to busy, occupy
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither - to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
--2 is one way to chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- smatter - speak with spotty or superficial knowledge; "She smatters Russian"
--3 is one way to speak, talk
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun smattering2
Somebody ----s something