Sekirov Dictionary

quack

/kwæk/

noun 4
verb 5
adjective 1
exclamation 1
forms 8

noun4

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A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients
- That doctor is nothing but a lousy quack!
•
(figurative) Any similar charlatan or incompetent professional.
- The very quaik of fashions, the very hee that / VVeares a Steletto on his chinne. — 1635
•
The vocalisation made by a duck.
- Did you hear that duck make a quack?
•
(slang, disapproving) Any doctor.
- That quack wants me to quit smoking, eat less, and start exercising. The nerve!

verb5

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Of a duck, to make its characteristic vocalisation.
- The more breadcrumbs I threw on the ground, the more they quacked.
- Do you hear the ducks quack?
To make a sound similar to the quack of a duck.
Of a queen bee: to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development.
To practice or commit quackery (fraudulent medicine).
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(no longer used) To make vain and loud pretensions.
- Seek out for Plants with Signatures To Quack of Universal Cures — 1684

adjective1

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Falsely presented as having medicinal powers.
- Don't get your hopes up; that's quack medicine!

exclamation1

A duck's quack.

forms

quacked · quacking · quacketh · quacks · more quack · quacker · most quack · quackest

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