quack
(adjective) medically unqualified; “a quack doctor”
quack
(noun) the harsh sound of a duck
quack
(noun) an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
quack
(verb) act as a medical quack or a charlatan
quack
(verb) utter quacking noises; “The ducks quacked”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
quack (plural quacks)
The sound made by a duck.
quack (third-person singular simple present quacks, present participle quacking, simple past and past participle quacked)
To make a noise like a duck.
quack (plural quacks)
A fraudulent healer or incompetent professional; especially, a doctor of medicine who makes false diagnoses or inappropriate treatment; an impostor who claims to have qualifications to practice medicine. [from c. 1630]
A charlatan.
(slang) A doctor.
• medicaster (dated)
• quacksalver
• See also deceiver
quack (third-person singular simple present quacks, present participle quacking, simple past and past participle quacked)
To practice or commit quackery (fraudulent medicine).
(obsolete) To make vain and loud pretensions.
Synonym: boast
quack (comparative more quack or quacker, superlative most quack or quackest) (quacker and quackest are rare, and probably used humorously)
Falsely presented as having medicinal powers.
Source: Wiktionary
Quack, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Qvacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Quacking.] Etym: [Of imitative origin; cf. D. kwaken, G. quacken, quaken, Icel. kvaka to twitter.]
1. To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.
2. To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast. " To quack of universal cures." Hudibras.
3. To act the part of a quack, or pretender.
Quack, n.
1. The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise. Chaucer.
2. Etym: [Cf. Quacksalver.]
Definition: A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.
3. Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan. Quacks political; quacks scientific, academical. Carlyle.
Quack, a.
Definition: Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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