quack
quack is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast. " To quack of universal cures." Hudibras.
- 2.To act the part of a quack, or pretender.
- 3.The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise. Chaucer.
- 4.Etym: [Cf. Quacksalver.] A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.
- 5.Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan. Quacks political; quacks scientific, academical. Carlyle.
- 6.Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abroad
- actor
- adventurer
- amateur
- and
- ass
- awkward
- bad
- bidder
- blunderer
- blunderhead
- bungler
- bunko
- capper
- carpetbagger
- charlatan
- cheat
- clod
- clothing
- coach
- cockatrice
- conjurer
- conjuror
- crimp
- dauber
- deceive
- deceiver
- decoy
- devil
- dissembler
- duck
- duffer
- empiric
- fair
- faker
- false
- fire
- fish
- flat
- flusher
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is quack.
- What is to make vain and loud pretensions; to boast. " To quack of universal cures." Hudibras called?
- What is to act the part of a quack, or pretender called?
- What is the cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise. Chaucer called?
- What is etym: [Cf. Quacksalver.] A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner called?
- What is hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan. Quacks political; quacks scientific, academical. Carlyle called?
- What is pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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