Noun: quack kwak
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- An untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
"The quack sold fake cures to unsuspecting patients"
- The harsh sound of a duck
"The quack of ducks could be heard from the pond"
Usage: informal
- Medically unqualified
"a quack doctor"
Usage: informal
- (medicine) act as a medical quack or a charlatan
"The unlicensed practitioner quacked his way through the community, selling fake cures"
- Utter quacking noises
"The ducks quacked"
Derived forms: quacking, quacks, quacked
See also: unqualified
Type of: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, charlatan, comport, conduct, deport, do, doc [informal], doctor, Dr., emit, let loose, let out, MD, medico [informal], mountebank, physician, sawbones [informal], sound, utter
Encyclopedia: Quack, Martin