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Meaning of quack

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

quack

Pronunciation:/kwæk/

noun

Definitions

  1. The sound made by a duck.

    Example: Did you hear that duck make a quack?

verb

Definitions

  1. To make a noise like a duck.

    Example: Do you hear the ducks quack?

quack

Pronunciation:/kwæk/

noun

Definitions

  1. A fraudulent healer or incompetent professional; especially, a doctor of medicine who makes false diagnoses or inappropriate treatment; an impostor who claims to have qualifications to practice medicine.

    Example: That doctor is nothing but a lousy quack!

  2. A charlatan.

  3. A doctor.

verb

Definitions

  1. To practice or commit quackery (fraudulent medicine).

  2. To make vain and loud pretensions.

    Synonyms:boast

adjective

Definitions

  1. Falsely presented as having medicinal powers.

    Example: Don't get your hopes up; that's quack medicine!