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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
quack
adj 1: medically unqualified; "a quack doctor"
n 1: an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who
dispenses medical advice
2: the harsh sound of a duck
v 1: utter quacking noises; "The ducks quacked"
2: act as a medical quack or a charlatan
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.]
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1. To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.
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2. To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast. " To quack of
universal cures." --Hudibras.
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3. To act the part of a quack, or pretender.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Quack \Quack\, n.
1. The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a
hoarse, quacking noise. --Chaucer.
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2. [Cf. Quacksalver.] A boastful pretender to medical
skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.
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3. Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge
of any kind not possessed; a charlatan.
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Quacks political; quacks scientific, academical.
--Carlyle.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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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5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
QUACK. One, who, without sufficient knowledge, study or previous
preparation, and without the diploma of some college or university,
undertakes to practice medicine or surgery, under the pretence that he
possesses secrets in those arts.
2. He is criminally answerable for his unskillful practice, and also,
civilly to his patient in certain cases. Vide Mala praxis; Physician.
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Thesaurus Results for Quack:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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