Quack : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Quack	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Quack
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quack adj medically unqualified; "a quack doctor" n an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice the harsh sound of a duck v utter quacking noises; "The ducks quacked" act as a medical quack or a charlatan
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quack \Quack\, a. Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quack \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.] 1. To utter a sound like the cry of a duck. 2. To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast. [bd] To quack of universal cures.[b8] --Hudibras. 3. To act the part of a quack, or pretender.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quack \Quack\, n. 1. The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise. --Chaucer. 2. [Cf. {Quacksalver}.] A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner. 3. Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan. Quacks political; quacks scientific, academical. --Carlyle.