QUACKS
Noun
quacks
plural of quack
Verb
quacks
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quack
Source: Wiktionary
QUACK
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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