quack
The vocalisation made by a duckThe vocalisation made by a duck.
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Meaning
4 sensesThe vocalisation made by a duck.
Did you hear that duck make a quack?
Quaken
кряkrja, кря-кря́krja-krjá, кря́каньеkrjákanʹje
the harsh sound of a duck
(derogatory)A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients
That doctor is nothing but a lousy quack!
Quacksalber, Kurpfuscher
конова́лkonovál, шарлата́нšarlatán
(derogatory, figuratively)Any similar charlatan or incompetent professional.
Quacksalber, Quacksalberin
шарлата́нšarlatán
(derogatory, humorous, mildly, slang)Any doctor.
That quack wants me to quit smoking, eat less, and start exercising. The nerve!
знахарьznaxarʹ
Examples
25 sentencesThe ducks quacked.
Качки крякали. — deniko
ruУтки закрякали. — Wezel
The duck quacks.
Качка крякає. — deniko
ruУтка крякает. — AqQoyriq_1
He must be a quack doctor.
ruНаверняка, он врач-шарлатан. — DiePain
deEr ist ganz sicher ein Quacksalber. — Vortarulo
My mom thinks the doctor is a quack.
deMeine Mutter hält den Arzt für einen Scharlatan. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I'm a duck, quack. I speak English, quack.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English *quacken, queken (“to croak like a frog; make a noise like a duck, gooFrom Middle English *quacken, queken (“to croak like a frog; make a noise like a duck, goose, or quail”), from quack, qwacke, quek, queke (“quack”, interjection and noun), also kek, keke, whec-, partly of imitative origin and partly from Middle Dutch quacken (“to croak, quack”), from Old Dutch *kwaken (“to croak, quack”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwakōn, from Proto-Germanic *kwakaną, *kwakōną (“to croak”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kwoakje, kwaakje (“to quack”), Middle Low German quaken (“to quack, croak”), German quaken (“to quack, croak”), Danish kvække (“to croak”), Swedish kväka (“to croak, quackle”), Norwegian kvekke (“to croak”), Icelandic kvaka (“to twitter, chirp, quack”).
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Forms
plural: quacksSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
10 related wordsSee also
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