Definitions for Quack
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. quacknoun

   an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice

2. quackadjective

   the harsh sound of a duck

3. quack(a)verb

   medically unqualified

   "a quack doctor"

4. quackverb

   utter quacking noises

   "The ducks quacked"

5. quackverb

   act as a medical quack or a charlatan

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. quacknoun

   A fraudulent healer or incompetent doctor of medicine, an impostor who claims to have qualifications to practice medicine.

   That doctor is nothing but a lousy quack!

2. quacknoun

   A charlatan.

3. quack

   A doctor.

4. quackverb

   To practice, commit quackery.

5. quackadjective

   falsely presented as having medicinal powers.

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Quacknoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. A boastful pretender to arts which he does not understand.

   The change, schools and pulpits are full of quacks, jugglers and plagiaries. Roger L'Estrange.

   Some quacks in the art of teaching, pretend to make young gentlemen masters of the languages, before they can be masters of common sense. Henry Felton, on the Classicks.

   2. A vain boastful pretender to physick; one who proclaims his own medical abilities in publick places.

   At the first appearance that a French quack made in Paris: a little boy walked before him, publishing with a shrill voice, “My father cures all sorts of distempers;’’ to which the doctor added in a grave manner, “The child says true.’’ Addison.

   3. An artful tricking practitioner in physick.

   Despairing quacks with curses fled the place,
   And vile attorneys, now an useless race. Alexander Pope.

2. To QUACKverb

   Etymology: quacken, Dutch, to cry as a goose.

   1. To cry like a duck. This word is often written quaake, to represent the sound better.

   Wild-ducks quack where grasshoppers did sing. King.

   2. To chatter boastingly; to brag loudly; to talk ostentatiously.

   Believe mechanick virtuosi
   Can raise them mountains in Potosi,
   Seek out for plants with signatures,
   To quack of universal cures. Hudibras, p. iii.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. quack

   A quack is a person who dishonestly claims to have special knowledge and skills in a particular area, especially in medicine, for the purpose of deception, often to make money. It is often used to refer to fraudulent or ignorant practitioners, specifically in the field of healthcare who may dispense treatments that are unproven, ineffective, or potentially dangerous. This term originally comes from "quacksalver," meaning a person who cures with home remedies.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Quackverb

   to utter a sound like the cry of a duck

2. Quackverb

   to make vain and loud pretensions; to boast

3. Quackverb

   to act the part of a quack, or pretender

4. Quacknoun

   the cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise

5. Quacknoun

   a boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner

6. Quacknoun

   hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan

7. Quackadjective

   pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor

8. Etymology: [Of imitative origin; cf. D. kwaken, G. quacken, quaken, Icel. kvaka to twitter.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Quack

   kwak, v.i. to cry like a duck: to boast: to practise as a quack.—v.t. to doctor by quackery.—n. the cry of a duck: a boastful pretender to skill which he does not possess, esp. medical skill: a mountebank.—adj. pertaining to quackery: used by quacks.—n. Quack′ery, the pretensions or practice of a quack, esp. in medicine.—adj. Quack′ish, like a quack: boastful: trickish.—n. Quack′ism.—v.i. Quack′le (rare), to quack, croak.—n. Quack′salver, a quack who deals in salves, ointments, &c.: a quack generally.—adj. Quack′salving. [Imit.; cf. Ger. quaken, Dut. kwaken, Gr. koax, a croak.]

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Quack

   The name borne by an itinerant trader, who makes a great noise in open market, quacking like a duck in his efforts to dispose of wares that are not genuine; hence anyone nowadays who follows a profession which he does not rightly understand. A “Quack Doctor” was formerly styled a Quack Salver, from the salves, lotions, and medicines he dispensed to the crowd at the street corners.

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Doctor
   • Medicine
   • Mountebank
   • Utter

How to pronounce Quack?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Quack in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Quack in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Quack in a Sentence

1. Richter cartoon caption:

   Orthodox medicine has not found an answer to your complaint. However, luckily for you, I happen to be a quack.

2. Ian Shoales:

   Sigmund Freud was a half baked Viennese quack. Our literature, culture, and the the films of Woody Allen would be better today if Freud had never written a word.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Quack
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Quack
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Quack
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Quack
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Quack
7. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=Quack