Results for quack
Definitions of quack:
part of speech: noun
The cry of a duck: a boastful pretender to skill which he does not possess, esp. medical skill: a mountebank.
part of speech: verb
To act or practise as a quack.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To utter a harsh cry, as a duck; to pretend to be a doctor of medicine; to boast loudly.
part of speech: adjective
Pertaining to quackery: used by quacks.
part of speech: adjective
Falsely pretending to cure diseases; pert. to or tainted with quackery.
part of speech: verb
part of speech: noun
part of speech: verb intransitive
To cry like a duck: to beast: to practice as a quack.
part of speech: adjective
Pretending to know how to cure disease; as, a quack doctor.
part of speech: noun
An ignorant pretender to medicine; a boastful pretender to skill or knowledge not possessed; an empiric.
part of speech: noun
The cry of the duck, or a harsh sound like it; one who pretends to have medical skill or any skill that he does not possess; a pretender.