smattered

verb

past tense of smatter
as in pattered

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smattered
  1. pattered
  2. trolled
  3. sputtered
  4. chattered
  5. bleated
  6. chatted
  7. rattled
  8. babbled
Verb
  • 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
Definition of pattered
Verb
  • The comedian and actress trolled the happy couple with several Instagram posts, including a spoof outfit for Thursday night’s rehearsal dinner and a still from her TV series Life & Beth.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2026
  • This is not the first time Newsom’s press office has trolled a politician.
    — Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 28 May 2026
Definition of trolled
Verb
  • Oil prices fell Monday even as diplomatic efforts to end the US-Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz sputtered.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The redshirt junior signal caller sputtered to start the first half of 2025, but by November, Manning was one of the best quarterbacks in the country and should carry that over into this year.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of sputtered
Verb
  • Around the family, people shared takeout dinners, swung on hammocks and chattered.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
  • The youthful musicians chattered away like creatures of the Transylvanian night.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of chattered
Verb
  • The old man bleated out a laugh.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Definition of bleated
Verb
  • Burke talked about food, read viewer comments, and occasionally chatted with the girl next to him.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • On the pod, Thiele has chatted with big names like Kendall Jenner, Connor Storrie and Hailey Bieber.
    — Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of chatted
Verb
  • Ceuta, SpainAP — Ceuta over the weekend no longer looked like a city on edge, but residents were still rattled by the events of the week.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Tolle navigated a tricky Dodgers lineup with poise and didn’t get rattled in the second after giving up the lead on Hernández’s homer.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of rattled
Verb
  • But Bhatta was hypothermic and occasionally babbled gibberish.
    — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
  • As Lindell babbled on about baseless conspiracy theories involving voting in De Baraso’s home state of Georgia, the 12-year-old shut him down.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
Definition of babbled
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