to not talk about (a subject), to avoid the question
to talk with many digressions
To talk superficially; to babble, chatter.
To speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge.
To study or approach superficially; to dabble in.
To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack.
A smattering (small number or amount).
A smattering (superficial knowledge).