亚洲网紅露点

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quack

1

[ kwak ]

noun

  1. the harsh, throaty cry of a duck or any similar sound.


verb (used without object)

  1. to utter the cry of a duck or a sound resembling it.

quack

2

[ kwak ]

noun

  1. a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill:

    Desperation for a cure led her to a quack who took her money.

  2. a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to have skill, knowledge, or qualifications they do not possess; a charlatan.

    Synonyms: ,

adjective

  1. being a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to skills, especially medical skills:

    He's just a quack psychologist who complicates everyone's problems.

  2. presented falsely as having curative powers:

    quack medicine.

  3. of, relating to, or befitting a quack or quackery:

    Her quack methods have helped no one.

verb (used with object)

  1. to treat in the manner of a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
  2. to advertise or sell with fraudulent claims.

quack

1

/ 办飞忙办 /

verb

  1. (of a duck) to utter a harsh guttural sound
  2. to make a noise like a duck
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the harsh guttural sound made by a duck
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

quack

2

/ 办飞忙办 /

noun

    1. an unqualified person who claims medical knowledge or other skills
    2. ( as modifier )

      a quack doctor

  1. informal.
    a doctor; physician or surgeon
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to act in the manner of a quack
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞辩耻补肠办颈蝉丑, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辩耻补肠办路颈蝉丑 adjective
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  • 辩耻补肠办路颈蝉丑路ness noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of quack1

First recorded in 1570鈥80; imitative; compare Dutch kwakken, German quacken

Origin of quack2

First recorded in 1630鈥40; short for quacksalver
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of quack1

C17: of imitative origin; related to Dutch kwakken, German quacken

Origin of quack2

C17: short for quacksalver
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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.

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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.

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Finally, consider what Smart News dubbed Trump鈥檚 "Cabinet of quacks and hacks."

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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.

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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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