quack
1quack — quack·ery; quack; quack·ish; quack·ism; quack·sal·ver; quack·ster; psy·cho·quack; quack·le; quack·ish·ly; quack·ish·ness; …
2Quack — ist der Name von: Erhard Quack (1904–1983), deutscher Kirchenlieddichter und Komponist Friedrich Quack (* 1934), von 1982 bis 1999 Richter am deutschen Bundesgerichtshof Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack (1834–1917), niederländischer Jurist und… …
3Quack — Quack, a. Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor. [1913 Webster] …
4Quack — Quack, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Qvacked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quacking}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. D. kwaken, G. quacken, quaken, Icel. kvaka to twitter.] [1913 Webster] 1. To utter a sound like the cry of a duck. [1913 Webster] 2. To make vain and… …
5quack|y — quack|y1 «KWAK ee», adjective. having a flat, metallic quality, resembling the quack of a duck: »Our women s voices are, on the whole, ungentle…they are pitched unpleasantly high and hardened by throat contractions into an habitual “quacky” or… …
6Quack — Quack, n. 1. The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. [Cf. {Quacksalver}.] A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, one… …
7quack — [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*,… …
8quack — Ⅰ. quack [1] ► NOUN ▪ the characteristic harsh sound made by a duck. ► VERB ▪ make this sound. ORIGIN imitative. Ⅱ. quack [2] ► NOUN …
9quack|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) …
10quack — index fake Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
