quack
Of a duck, to make its characteristic vocalisationOf a duck, to make its characteristic vocalisation.
Meaning
5 sensesOf a duck, to make its characteristic vocalisation.
The more breadcrumbs I threw on the ground, the more they quacked.
Do you hear the ducks quack?
To make a sound similar to the quack of a duck.
quaken
кря́катьkrjákatʹ, кря́кнутьkrjáknutʹ
(intransitive)Of a queen bee: to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development.
To practice or commit quackery (fraudulent medicine).
(obsolete)To make vain and loud pretensions.
- act as a medical quack or a charlatan
- utter quacking noises
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
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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
quacks, quacking, quacked, quackedSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle