SMATTERED Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

smattered

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past tense of smatter

as in pattered

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Big shot guests popped up in the studio audience, including the actors Bryan Cranston, Paul Rudd, and Ryan Reynolds, who did a few bits and pattered about the host going off air; Colbert moved through the usual jokes about the day’s news.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025

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Boys trolled the streets bearing sticks, sometimes embedded with nails, both to lift hats from an unsuspecting wearer’s head and to physically intimidate those who resisted.

— Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 4, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026
After his victory, Moskowitz trolled the online influencer Hasan Piker, who was a high-profile booster of Larkin’s campaign.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

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The defense is legit While the offense sputtered, the defense went into overdrive.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Miami’s offense, which lacks speed in the final third and relies more on possession and short passes, has also sputtered at times when opponents clog the passing lanes to Messi.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of sputtered

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Many of the players Fleury chatted with during preseason games, though, won’t be counted on often during the regular season.

— Andrew Destin, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
At the end of the night, guests chatted about where the afterparty was, as amfAR eschewed hosting one this year.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 7 Sep. 2026

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