smatter

Verb

• speak with spotty or superficial knowledge
  • She smatters Russian
    

• to talk foolishly
  • The two women babbled and crooned at the baby
    

• work with in an amateurish manner
  • She dabbles in astronomy
    
  • He plays around with investments but he never makes any money
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  babble , blather , blether , blither , dabble , play around