A smattering (small number or amount).

A smattering (superficial knowledge).

(intransitive) To talk superficially; to babble, chatter.

(transitive) To speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge.

(transitive, figuratively) To study or approach superficially; to dabble in.

To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack.