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quack
1[kwak]
noun
the harsh, throaty cry of a duck or any similar sound.
verb (used without object)
to utter the cry of a duck or a sound resembling it.
quack
2[kwak]
noun
a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
Desperation for a cure led her to a quack who took her money.
a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to have skill, knowledge, or qualifications they do not possess; a charlatan.
Synonyms: phony, mountebank
adjective
being a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to skills, especially medical skills.
He's just a quack psychologist who complicates everyone's problems.
presented falsely as having curative powers.
quack medicine.
of, relating to, or befitting a quack or quackery.
Her quack methods have helped no one.
verb (used with object)
to treat in the manner of a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
to advertise or sell with fraudulent claims.
quack
1/ kwæk /
noun
an unqualified person who claims medical knowledge or other skills
( as modifier )
a quack doctor
informal, a doctor; physician or surgeon
verb
(intr) to act in the manner of a quack
quack
2/ kwæk /
verb
(of a duck) to utter a harsh guttural sound
to make a noise like a duck
noun
the harsh guttural sound made by a duck
Other Word Forms
- quackish adjective
- quackishly adverb
- quackishness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of quack1
Origin of quack2
Word History and Origins
Origin of quack1
Origin of quack2
Example Sentences
Fischer elaborated, “Whatever reaction shot you’re seeing, he’s just reacting to us saying funny words like ‘neon sign’ or ‘chicken’ or something like ‘quack a duck.’
It’s in service of crank conspiracy theories, quack wellness influencers and weird dystopian visions of supermen doing pull-ups to demonstrate their patriotism.
And that is how a quack who treats the tender corns on pedicured toes suddenly becomes a world-renowned corn doctor in a show that seemingly never met a pun it didn’t like.
“The secretary of defense, in charge of defending the American people, was accidentally texting military strike information to journalists. The secretary of public health…is a quack.”
The individual histories of these men as a dangerous conspiracy theorist, a quack cure TV huckster, an eccentric contrarian and an ethically-challenged partisan have sent shockwaves through the scientific community.
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