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
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
