a little learning
amateurism
cast
coquetry
dabbling
dalliance
dallying
dash
dilettantism
dilettantship
few
fiddling
flirtation
fooling
fooling around
gleam
glimmering
glimpse
half-learning
handful
hint
idea
idling
imperfect knowledge
intimation
jerking off
kidding around
lick
loitering
look
messing around
monkeying
monkeying around
piddling
playing
playing around
pottering
puttering
scattering
scintilla
sciolism
semi-learning
shade
shadow
shallowness
sip
slight knowledge
smack
smatter
apprehension
discernment
savvy
small indefinite amount
small indefinite quantity
understanding
acquirement
patter
pattering
powdering
rudiments
spatter
spattering
sprinkle
text-book
battering
chattering
clattering
flattering
nattering
shattering
unflattering