smatter
5 synonyms for smatter, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To make (someone or something) dirty; to bespatter, to soil.
Synonyms
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Etymology
The verb is derived from Middle English smateren, smatteren, smater, smatere (“to make dirty, defile; to talk idly, chatter; to speak foolishly”); further etymology uncertain, compare the following: * Middle English smotten (“to corrupt, debase, defile”) (whence English smot (obsolete)), related to Late Middle High Ger...
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