v. i. - To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter.
v. i. - To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack.
v. t. - To talk superficially about.
v. t. - To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack.
n. - Superficial knowledge; a smattering.