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noun
1.
the harsh, throaty cry of a duck or any similar sound.
verb (used without object)
2.
to utter the cry of a duck or a sound resembling it.
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Origin:
1610–20; imitative; compare Dutch kwakken, German quacken
1610–20; imitative; compare Dutch kwakken, German quacken
Example Sentences
- Rabbit hears the phone ring, sheep baa and ducks quack in this volume.
- What universities of this type are doing is equivalent to quack medicine.
- Chinese traditional medicine kills hundreds of rhinos and tigers for quack cures for headaches and erectile.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
noun
1.
a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
2.
a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to skill, knowledge, or qualifications he or she does not possess; a charlatan.
adjective
3.
being a quack: a quack psychologist who complicates everyone's problems.
4.
presented falsely as having curative powers: quack medicine.
5.
of, pertaining to, or befitting a quack or quackery: quack methods.
verb (used with object)
6.
to treat in the manner of a quack.
7.
to advertise or sell with fraudulent claims.
Related forms
quack·ish, adjective
quack·ish·ly, adverb
quack·ish·ness, noun
Synonyms
2. mountebank, phony.
2. mountebank, phony.
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Word Origin & History
quack
"to make a duck sound," 1617, quelke, of echoic origin (cf. M.Du. quacken, O.C.S. kvakati, L. coaxare "to croak," Gk. koax "the croaking of frogs," Hitt. akuwakuwash "frog"). M.E. on the quakke (14c.) meant "hoarse, croaking."
EXPANDquack
"medical charlatan," 1638, short for quacksalver (1579), from Du. kwaksalver, lit. "hawker of salve," from M.Du. quacken "to brag, boast," lit. "to croak" (see quack (v.)) + zalf "salve." Cf. Ger. Quacksalber, Dan. kvaksalver, Swed. kvacksalvare.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
quack (kwāk)
n.
An untrained person who pretends to be a physician and dispenses medical advice and treatment.
A charlatan.
quack'er·y n.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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