Quack

Word QUACK
Character 5
Hyphenation quack
Pronunciations /kwæk/

Definitions and meanings of "Quack"

What do we mean by quack?

The characteristic sound uttered by a duck. noun

To utter the characteristic sound of a duck. intransitive verb

An untrained person who pretends to be a physician and dispenses medical advice and treatment. noun

A charlatan; a mountebank. noun

Relating to or characteristic of a quack. adjective

To act as a medical quack or a charlatan. intransitive verb

To utter a harsh, flat, croaking sound or cry, as a goose or duck; croak; now, usually, to cry as a duck.

To make an outcry: said of persons.

A harsh, croaking sound. noun

The cry of a duck; a quacking. noun

See couac. noun

To talk noisily and ostentatiously; make vain and loud pretensions.

To play the quack; practise arts of quackery, as a pretender to medical skill.

To treat in the manner of a quack; play the quack with.

To tamper with dishonestly; use fraudulently.

An impudent and fraudulent pretender to medical skill; a mountebank; a knavish practitioner of medicine. noun

Hence One who pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind which he does not possess; an ignorant and impudent pretender; a charlatan. noun

Synonyms Quack, Empiric, Mountebank, Charlatan. A quack is, by derivation, one who talks much without wisdom, and, specifically, talks of his own power to heal; hence, any ignorant pretender to medical knowledge or skill. Empiric is a more elevated term for one who goes by mere experience in the trial of remedies, and is without knowledge of the medical sciences or of the clinical observations and opinions of others; hence, an incompetent, self-confident practitioner. A mountebank is generally a quack, but may be a pretender in any line. Charlatan (literally ‘chatterer’) is primarily applied, not to a person belonging to any particular profession or occupation, but to a pretentious cheat of any sort. noun

Pertaining to or characterized by quackery of any kind; specifically, falsely pretending to cure disease, or ignorantly or fraudulently set forth as remedies: as, a quack doctor; quack medicines.

Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases adjective

The sound made by a duck.

A doctor of questionable ablitiy and reputation. Urban Dictionary

What ducks should be saying, instead of "Got any grapes?" Urban Dictionary

The sound a duck makes Urban Dictionary

A scam-artist. A person who makes up bullshit medical products or advice or prescriptions that don't work. A snake oil salesman. Urban Dictionary

1. a fraudulent physician 2. any physician Urban Dictionary

A word used instead of the word wack. Typically used inside restrictive schools, where many such words are banned. Alternatively, it's used as an exclamation or substitute for an expletive, such as fuck, in any and all situations. Urban Dictionary

A very sexy sound when moaned by a girl. Urban Dictionary

A Quarter ounce of drugs. Urban Dictionary

Queens and jacks Urban Dictionary

A code word for quarter, as in a quarter ounce of smoke/weed. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Quack

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The word "quack" in example sentences

The term quack actually comes from the word quicksilver and refers to the so called early drug doctors and piss prophets refers to those who drew the astrological figure or a sick person, his urine being brought to the physician at that moment in time to represent part of his body. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hence the term quack-salver was commonly used in the seventeenth century, signifying an ignorant person, who was wont to extol the curative virtues of his salves. ❋ Robert Means Lawrence (N/A)

Just as you go back to the basics when problems crop up with your duck dog, the quack is your initial point of reference with your call. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The quack is your sit, stay and heel of duck calling. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The perfect quack is a function of four things working simultaneously: lip formation, vocalization, hand movement and diaphragm manipulation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Quack did I move too much, quack did the dog move, quack is there not enough camo on my face, quack are the guns too shiny, quack are my decoys in the wrong spot, quack is the blind okay, QUACK GET READY THEIR COMING BACK! ....... ❋ Unknown (2009)

One the quack is perfected, the greeting call can be made by dragging the quack out. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This tea party quack is making the good old US of A look like a bunch of redneck radical idiots to the rest of the world .... all posing as "patriots". (whatever the hell that means) ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dr. Phil, that hack quack, is giving relationship advice on Match. com to fools stupid enough to pay for such wisdom as, “If you want to be a winner in love, you want to be a winner in relationships, then do what it takes.” ❋ Unknown (2006)

Voice The classic quack is the call of the mallard hen. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Interestingly, the word quack comes from the similarity of fairground hawkers of useless medicines to the loud sound a duck makes. ❋ Unknown (2005)

"I don't want to use the word quack," said documentarian Eli Kabillio. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Of all the ghouls feeding on the bodies of the dead and dying, the cancer quack is the most heartless and the most malicious. ❋ Unknown (1937)

I have heard myself called quack and charlatan and impostor, but all the while I knew I was on the right path. ❋ Arthur Machen (1905)

Even tho [Erin's] dad claims to be a [doctor], I say he's a quack! He didn't even [graduate] high school! ❋ Stella Lafayette (2004)

[Then he waddled away] ([waddle waddle]) [then he waddled away] (waddle waddle waddle) til the very next day...quack ❋ Theducksong1234 (2011)

"[Quack]" ❋ Lindsay (2003)

Most [alternative medicine] "specialists" and [psychics] are [quacks]. ❋ Anonymous (2003)

This quack has [no skills] in [medicine] [at all]. ❋ Light Joker (2006)

That assignment Mrs. [Ratman] gave us is so fricking quack. [It's too hard]! That [quacking] hurt, Jerry! Why the QUACK would you quacking throw that thing at me? ❋ Yeetthegeese (2019)

guy: [so what] do [ducks] [say]? girl: ...quack..... ❋ MallardDuck (2009)

[Yo], [I need] a quack? Yo, you [got] a quack? ❋ Gotjank (2007)

[The quacks] in the doubleton are [useless] in this [hand] ❋ Little_lovely_michael (2012)

"How [much] does a [quack run]?" "[Can you] do a quack?" ❋ Laura Hill (2007)

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