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Synonyms for quack

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : kwak
Phonetic Transcription : kwæk

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Définition of quack

Origin :
  • "to make a duck sound," 1610s, earlier quake (1520s), variant of quelke (early 14c.), of echoic origin (cf. Middle Dutch quacken, Old Church Slavonic kvakati, Latin coaxare "to croak," Greek koax "the croaking of frogs," Hittite akuwakuwash "frog"). Middle English on the quakke (14c.) meant "hoarse, croaking." Related: Quacked; quacking.
  • adj counterfeit
  • noun person who pretends to be an expert
Example sentences :
  • The one object of the quack doctor is to size you up and see what you "are good for."
  • Extract from : « Evening Round Up » by William Crosbie Hunter
  • When all was said, a man in the presence of this quack did feel in the presence of a great man.
  • Extract from : « The Innocence of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
  • Partridge, cobbler, astrologer, almanac-maker and quack (died 1708).
  • Extract from : « Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama » by E. Cobham Brewer
  • As for his being a quack doctor, I see no great harm in that.
  • Extract from : « Japhet in Search of a Father » by Frederick Marryat
  • As a mountebank, a juggler, a quack doctor—I spurned the very idea.
  • Extract from : « Japhet in Search of a Father » by Frederick Marryat
  • If no pay is asked for the "stuff," the quack is seldom or ever a loser.
  • Extract from : « Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations » by William Howe
  • "You're the kind that hasn't feathers and doesn't say quack," replied Mally from below.
  • Extract from : « Nine Little Goslings » by Susan Coolidge
  • Cromwell was mad and a quack; Anselm, Becket, Goethe, ditto ditto.
  • Extract from : « Past and Present » by Thomas Carlyle
  • Quack and Dupe, upper side and under of the selfsame substance.
  • Extract from : « Past and Present » by Thomas Carlyle
  • The Cardinal sent an intimation that he would like to see the quack.
  • Extract from : « The Humbugs of the World » by P. T. Barnum

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