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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
Derived Forms
- ˈquackish, adjective
Other Words From
- quack·ish adjective
- quack·ish·ly adverb
- quack·ish·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of quack1
Origin of quack2
Word History and Origins
Origin of quack1
Origin of quack2
Example Sentences
Finally, consider what Smart News dubbed Trump’s "Cabinet of quacks and hacks."
Where Wayne’s Batman is lithe and graceful, The Penguin is awkward and rotund; while Wayne is charismatic, the Penguin is a weirdo, a quack.
“These quacks would tell them, ‘The reason your life is in disarray is you suffered a trauma that you’ve repressed, and we need to get to the root of it,’” Ofshe said.
“When I see a bird that walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck,” she wrote.
As Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in her dissent on Friday, “When I see a bird that walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.”
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