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  • 71quack — quack1 noun the characteristic harsh sound made by a duck. verb make this sound. Origin C16: imitative. quack2 noun 1》 an unqualified person who dishonestly claims to have medical knowledge. 2》 Brit. informal a doctor. Derivatives quackery noun… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 72quack — n. Charlatan, empiric, mountebank, impostor, pretender, humbug …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 73quack — Noun. A doctor, by extension of its older and original usage for an untrained physician …

    English slang and colloquialisms

  • 74quack — v cackle, gaggle, clack, honk. n 1. pretender, impostor, masquerader, fake, Inf. faker, humbug; mountebank, charlatan, Inf. phony; hoaxer, cozener, trickster, cheat, swindler, Inf. shyster, sharper; slicker, spieler, knave, rogue, Inf. con man,… …

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  • 75quack grass — /ˈkwæk gras/ (say kwak grahs) noun → couch2. {variant of quitch grass} …

  • 76quack —   Kakā …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 77quack —  Doctor …

    A concise dictionary of English slang

  • 78quack — A pretender to medical skill which he does not possess; one who practices as a physician or surgeon without adequate experience or due qualification …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 79quack — One who pretends to have more knowledge or skill in a science or profession, especially medicine, than he possesses in fact. An ignorant or fraudulent pretender to medical skill. Brinkley v Fishbein (CA5 Tex) 110 F2d 62. An incompetent physician …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 80quack medicine — A remedy of specific the composition of which is kept secret, and which is sold to be used by the purchaser without the advice of a regular or licensed physician. Kohler Mfg. Co. v Beeshore (CA3 Pa) 59 F 572, 574 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary