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quack |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: quack adj : medically unqualified; "a quack doctor" [syn: {quack(a)}] n 1: an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice 2: the harsh sound of a duck v 1: utter quacking noises; "The ducks quacked" 2: act as a medical quack or a charlatan
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