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Definition of Quack

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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.
Quack
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.
Quack
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.

Meaning of Quack from wikipedia

- Look up quack in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Quack, The Quack or Quacks may refer to: Quack Davis, American baseball player Hendrick Peter Godfried...
- spot-billed duck, northern pintail and common teal) make the classic "quack" sound while males make a similar but raspier sound that is sometimes written...
- fraud, is the promotion of fraudulent or ignorant medical practices. A quack is a "fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill" or "a person who...
- Alexis (born December 28, 2000), better known online as Quackity, is a Mexican YouTuber and Twitch streamer who is primarily known for creating Minecraft...
- Quack Pack is an American animated sitcom produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, featuring Donald Duck and his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie....
- Look up quacker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up quackers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Quacker or Quackers may refer to: Quacker (Tom and...
- "Stella Ella Ola" (Stella Stella Ola), also known as "Quack Dilly Oso", is a clapping game where players stand or sit in a circle placing one hand over...
- The Quack (Polish: Znachor) is a 1982 Polish drama film directed by Jerzy Hoffman. The screenplay was written based on the novel by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz...
- Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers (known as Donald Duck: Quack Attack in Europe) is a 2000 platform game developed and published by Ubi Soft for various consoles...
- Pseudoscience consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that claim to be both scientific and factual but are incompatible with the scientific method...