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41quack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. charlatan, quacksalver, mountebank. See deception, falsehood, unskillfulness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unprincipled, pretentious, dissembling; see dishonest 1 , 2 , false 1 . n. Syn. charlatan,… …
42quack — quack1 [ kwæk ] noun count 1. ) INFORMAL a doctor who is not very good, or someone who cheats people by pretending to be a doctor 2. ) the sound that a DUCK makes quack quack 2 [ kwæk ] verb intransitive to make the sound that a DUCK makes …
43quack — English has two words quack. The one denoting the call of a duck [17] originated of course as an imitation of the sound itself. Quack ‘person claiming to be a doctor’ [17] is short for an earlier quacksalver, which etymologically denoted ‘someone …
44quack — 1 verb (I) to make the sound that ducks make 2 noun (C) informal 1 someone who pretends to have medical knowledge or skills: a quack doctor 2 BrE a doctor: You d better go and see the quack with that burn. 3 (C) a word used especially by or to… …
45quack — n. a fraudulent physician; a derogatory term for a physician. □ I won’t go back to that quack ever again! □ Tell that quack to heal himself! …
46quack — English has two words quack. The one denoting the call of a duck [17] originated of course as an imitation of the sound itself. Quack ‘person claiming to be a doctor’ [17] is short for an earlier quacksalver, which etymologically denoted ‘someone …
47quack — 1. v. & n. n. the harsh sound made by ducks. v.intr. 1 utter this sound. 2 colloq. talk loudly and foolishly. Etymology: imit.: cf. Du. kwakken, G quacken croak, quack 2. n. 1 a an unqualified practiser of medicine. b (attrib.) of or… …
48quack grass — Quitch grass Quitch grass (kw[i^]ch gr[.a]s ). [Properly quick grass, being probably so called from its vigorous growth, or from its tenacity of life. See {Quick}, and cf. {Couch grass}.] (Bot.) A perennial grass ({Agropyrum repens}) having long… …
49quack — quạck <Interj.> [zu ↑quackeln] (ugs.): Unsinn!, Quatsch!: „Quack!“ sagte der Vater und musterte den Sohn wie einen, der von Tag zu Tag blöder wird (Bastian, Brut 125) …
50quack — verb Quack is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑duck …
