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1. (n.) quack
the harsh, throaty cry of a duck or any similar sound.
2. (v.i.) quack
to utter a quack.
3. (n.) quack
a fraudulent pretender to medical skill.
4. quack
a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to skill, knowledge, or qualifications he or she does not possess; a charlatan.
5. (adj.) quack
being a quack:
a quack psychologist.
6. quack
of, pertaining to, or befitting a quack or quackery:
quack methods; quack medicine.
Etymology: (1620–30; short for quacksalver)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) quack
an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
2. (adj) quack
the harsh sound of a duck
3. (verb) quack(a)
medically unqualified
"a quack doctor"
4. (verb) quack
utter quacking noises
"The ducks quacked"
5. (verb) quack
act as a medical quack or a charlatan
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1. (noun) quack
the sound a duck makes
a loud quack; The duck quacked loudly.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) quack
pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor
2. (noun) quack
the cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise
3. (noun) quack
a boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner
4. (noun) quack
hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan
5. (verb) quack
to utter a sound like the cry of a duck
6. (verb) quack
to make vain and loud pretensions; to boast
7. (verb) quack
to act the part of a quack, or pretender
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Sense: the cry of a duck.
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 Afrikaans: kwaak |
 Arabic: صَوْت البَط |
 Bulgarian: крякане |
 Brazilian: grasnido |
 Czech: kvákání |
 German: das Quaken |
 Danish: rappen |
 Greek: κρώξιμο πάπιας |
 Spanish: graznido |
 Estonian: prääks |
 Farsi: کواک کواک |
 Finnish: kaakatus |
 French: couin-couin |
 Hebrew: גִיעגוּעַ |
 Hindi: बतख की बोली |
 Croatian: gakanje |
 Hungarian: hápogás |
 Indonesian: bunyi itik |
 Icelandic: garg, gagg |
 Italian: qua qua* |
 Japanese: ガーガー |
 Korean: (집오리 등의) 꽥꽥 우는 소리 |
 Lithuanian: kryksmas, kryksėjimas |
 Latvian: pēkšķēšana |
 Malay: bunyi kuek |
 Dutch: kwak, gekwaak |
 Norwegian: gakk(ing), snadring, kvek |
 Persian: کواک کواک |
 Pashto: دهيلى ږغ، دهيلۍ كغول |
 Portuguese: grasnido |
 Russian: кряканье |
 Slovak: kvákanie |
 Slovenian: kvakanje |
 Serbian: kvak |
 Swedish: snatter |
 Thai: เสียงเป็ดร้อง |
 Turkish: (vak vak)ördek sesi |
 Taiwanese: (鴨子的)呱呱叫聲 |
 Ukrainian: крякання, кахкання |
 Urdu: بطخوں کے چیخنے کی آواز |
 Vietnamese: tiếng kêu quàng quạc |
 Chinese: （鸭子）嘎嘎叫声 |
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