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quack
1[ kwak ]
noun
- the harsh, throaty cry of a duck or any similar sound.
verb (used without object)
- to utter the cry of a duck or a sound resembling it.
quack
2[ kwak ]
noun
- a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill:
Desperation for a cure led her to a quack who took her money.
- a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to have skill, knowledge, or qualifications they do not possess; a charlatan.
Synonyms: ,
adjective
- being a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to skills, especially medical skills:
He's just a quack psychologist who complicates everyone's problems.
- presented falsely as having curative powers:
quack medicine.
- of, relating to, or befitting a quack or quackery:
Her quack methods have helped no one.
verb (used with object)
- to treat in the manner of a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
- to advertise or sell with fraudulent claims.
quack
1/ 办飞忙办 /
verb
- (of a duck) to utter a harsh guttural sound
- to make a noise like a duck
noun
- the harsh guttural sound made by a duck
quack
2/ 办飞忙办 /
noun
- an unqualified person who claims medical knowledge or other skills
- ( as modifier )
a quack doctor
- informal.a doctor; physician or surgeon
verb
- intr to act in the manner of a quack
Derived Forms
- 藞辩耻补肠办颈蝉丑, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 辩耻补肠办路颈蝉丑 adjective
- 辩耻补肠办路颈蝉丑路ly adverb
- 辩耻补肠办路颈蝉丑路ness noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of quack1
Origin of quack2
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of quack1
Origin of quack2
Example Sentences
Kennedy's claim that his team of non-scientists and quacks will discover the "cause" of autism in a few short months is preposterous on its face.
鈥淵ou know the old saying, 鈥業f it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck?鈥欌 said Marc Guilfoil, HISA鈥檚 director of state racing commission relations.
Finally, consider what Smart News dubbed Trump鈥檚 "Cabinet of quacks and hacks."
Where Wayne鈥檚 Batman is lithe and graceful, The Penguin is awkward and rotund; while Wayne is charismatic, the Penguin is a weirdo, a quack.
鈥淭hese quacks would tell them, 鈥楾he reason your life is in disarray is you suffered a trauma that you鈥檝e repressed, and we need to get to the root of it,鈥欌 Ofshe said.
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