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11quack — [adj] counterfeit bum*, dishonest, dissembling, fake, false, fraudulent, phony, pretended, pretentious, pseudo*, sham*, simulated, unprincipled; concept 582 Ant. genuine, original, real quack [n] person who pretends to be an expert actor, bum*,… …
12quack — Ⅰ. quack [1] ► NOUN ▪ the characteristic harsh sound made by a duck. ► VERB ▪ make this sound. ORIGIN imitative. Ⅱ. quack [2] ► NOUN …
13quack|er|y — «KWAK uh ree», noun, plural er|ies. the practices or methods of a quack: »He warned against reaching into the medicine chest of economic quackery every time the slightest quiver runs through production and employment (New York Times). SYNONYM(S) …
14quack|ish — «KWAK ihsh», adjective. like a quack or charlatan; dealing in quackery: »Last week [his] purported cure for the ravages of age was exposed as merely the latest in an armlong list of quackish remedies (Time) …
15quack — index fake Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
16Quack — Quack,es un célebre programa de T.V. emitido en Colombia entre 1995 y 1997, la emisión corrió a cargo de R.T.I.T.V., programadora colombiana en el Canal Uno de Inravisión y se emitió bajo el horario de las 7 p.m.; Su nombre se le alude, no solo a …
17quack grass — n a European grass of the genus Agropyron (A. repens) that is naturalized throughout No. America and has roots and rhizome with diuretic properties called also couch grass, quitch, twitch …
18quack — n impostor, faker, mountebank, charlatan Analogous words: pretender, simulator, counterfeiter, shammer (see corresponding verbs at ASSUME): *deceit, duplicity, dissimulation, cunning, guile …
19quack — quack1 [kwak] vi. [echoic] to utter the characteristic sound or cry of a duck, or a sound like it n. the sound made by a duck, or any sound like it quack2 [kwak] n. [short for QUACKSALVER] 1. an untrained person who practices medicine… …
20quack grass — ☆ quack grass n. [var. of QUICK GRASS] COUCH GRASS …
