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- Dictionaryquack/kwak/
noun
- 1. the characteristic harsh sound made by a duck: "I heard a quack and saw some ducks huddled together"
verb
- 1. (of a duck) make a quack: "ducks quacked from the lake"
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QUACK definition: 1. to make the usual sound of a duck: 2. a person who dishonestly pretends to have medical skills…. Learn more.
1. : charlatan sense 2. Religious quacks on radio and television thinking up new ways to take money from ignorant listeners and incidentally from legitimate churches.
6 meanings: 1. (of a duck) to utter a harsh guttural sound 2. to make a noise like a duck 3. the harsh guttural sound made by a.... Click for more definitions.
a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill: Desperation for a cure led her to a quack who took her money. a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to have skill, knowledge, or qualifications they do not possess; a charlatan. Synonyms: phony, mountebank.
a person who dishonestly pretends to have medical skills or knowledge. UK informal often disapproving. a doctor: Have you seen a quack about that cough?
1. An untrained person who pretends to be a physician and dispenses medical advice and treatment. 2. A charlatan; a mountebank. adj. Relating to or characteristic of a quack: a quack cure. intr.v. quacked, quack·ing, quacks. To act as a medical quack or a charlatan. [Short for quacksalver .] quack′er·y n. quack′ish adj. quack′ish·ly adv.
noun. an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice. see more. adjective. medically unqualified. “a quack doctor” synonyms: unqualified. not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training. verb. act as a medical quack or a charlatan. see more. Pronunciation. US. /kwæk/ UK. /kwæk/
Quack Definition. The sound made by a duck, or any sound like it. An untrained person who practices medicine fraudulently. Any person who pretends to have knowledge or skill in a particular field; charlatan. A charlatan; a mountebank. Carlyle. To utter the characteristic sound or cry of a duck, or a sound like it.
Definition of quack noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to skill, knowledge, or qualifications he or she does not possess; a charlatan. adj. being a quack: a quack psychologist who complicates everyone's problems. presented falsely as having curative powers: quack medicine. of, pertaining to, or befitting a quack or quackery: quack methods. v.t.
