1 a slight knowledge of something, or a small amount: --
There was a smattering of boos when he was introduced.
Anyone, therefore, with even a smattering of knowledge of a mining community is bound to feel sympathetic to the miners at present.
They are taught a smattering of many subjects.
Think of the simple, honest citizen who happens to be a football enthusiast and who has a little smattering of the law.
The parents who have had only the slightest smattering want their children to have more.
Therefore, there was a good smattering of trade union experience behind it.
Local government has had a small smattering of corruption, in percentage terms.
Otherwise, it has a healthy smattering of charter routes.
I have a certain smattering of it myself.
