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Associations to the word «Quack»

Wiktionary

QUACK, noun. The sound made by a duck.
QUACK, verb. To make a noise like a duck.
QUACK, noun. A fraudulent healer or incompetent professional, especially a doctor of medicine; an impostor who claims to have qualifications to practice medicine.
QUACK, noun. A charlatan.
QUACK, noun. Carlyle
QUACK, noun. (slang) A doctor.
QUACK, verb. To practice or commit quackery.
QUACK, verb. (obsolete) To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast.
QUACK, adjective. Falsely presented as having medicinal powers.
QUACK GRASS, noun. Alternative form of quackgrass
QUACK LIKE A DUCK, verb. (simile) To appear to be exactly what one is.

Dictionary definition

QUACK, noun. An untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice.
QUACK, noun. The harsh sound of a duck.
QUACK, verb. Utter quacking noises; "The ducks quacked".
QUACK, verb. Act as a medical quack or a charlatan.
QUACK, adjective. Medically unqualified; "a quack doctor".

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy