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quack
2 [kwak]
–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:
quackish, adjective
quack⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
quack⋅ish⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
2. mountebank, phony.
2. mountebank, phony.
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Quack
Quack\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Qvacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Quacking.] [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
Quack\, n. 1. The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise. --Chaucer. 2. [Cf. Quacksalver.] 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
Quack\, a. Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor.
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Language Translation for : quack
Spanish:
graznido,
German:
das Quaken,
Japanese:
ガーガー
quack (v.)
"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."
quack (n.)
"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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1quack
Pronunciation: 'kwak
Function: noun
: a pretender to medical skill : an ignorant or dishonest practitioner
Main Entry: 2quack
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, characteristic of, or being a quack <quack remedies>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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quack (kwāk)
n.
- An untrained person who pretends to be a physician and dispenses medical advice and treatment.
- A charlatan.
quack'er·y n.
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