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Definition of Quacks

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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.
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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.
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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 Quacks 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...
- calls or quieter contact calls. A common urban legend claims that duck quacks do not echo; however, this has been proven to be false. This myth was first...
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- Alexis (born December 28, 2000), better known online as Quackity, is a Mexican YouTuber and Twitch streamer who is primarily known for creating Minecraft...
- Its usual expression is: If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. The test implies that a person...
- at naturopathy". QuackWatch. Retrieved 21 March 2015. Harvey, Claire (11 July 2015). "Don't duck the law by sending kids to quacks". The Daily Telegraph...
- (BBC2): Rupert Everett's animated hernia". The Independent. Quacks at BBC Online Quacks at IMDb Quacks at British Comedy Guide Quacks at epguides.com...
- 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...
- Nasty Quacks is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin, released on December 1, 1945, and starring Daffy Duck. In a suburban...
- spin-off of the game designed for children, Quacks & Co.: Quedlinburg Dash. Anderson, Nate (9 March 2019). "Quacks of Quedlinburg deserves its "Board Game...