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- [kwak]
- /kwæk/
- /kwæk/
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- [kwak]
- /kwæk/
Definitions of quack word
- noun quack a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill. 1
- noun quack a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to skill, knowledge, or qualifications he or she does not possess; a charlatan. 1
- verb without object quack to utter the cry of a duck or a sound resembling it. 1
- adjective quack being a quack: a quack psychologist who complicates everyone's problems. 1
- adjective quack presented falsely as having curative powers: quack medicine. 1
- adjective quack of, relating to, or befitting a quack or quackery: quack methods. 1
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Origin of quack
First appearance:
before 1610 One of the 40% oldest English words
1610-20; imitative; compare Dutch kwakken, German quacken
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Parts of speech for Quack
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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
quack popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
quack usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for quack
noun quack
- charlatan — You describe someone as a charlatan when they pretend to have skills or knowledge that they do not really possess.
- fraud — deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
- con artist — A con artist is someone who tricks other people into giving them their money or property.
- fake — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
verb quack
- cry — When you cry, tears come from your eyes, usually because you are unhappy or hurt.
- sing out — to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
- nicker — a person or thing that nicks.
- croak — When a frog or bird croaks, it makes a harsh, low sound.
- baying — a deep, prolonged howl, as of a hound on the scent.
adjective quack
- dissembling — to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business.
- pretended — Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit: pretend diamonds.
- simulated — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- dishonest — not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief: a dishonest person.
- false — not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
Antonyms for quack
noun quack
- reality — the state or quality of being real.
adjective quack
- genuine — possessing the claimed or attributed character, quality, or origin; not counterfeit; authentic; real: genuine sympathy; a genuine antique.
- real — true; not merely ostensible, nominal, or apparent: the real reason for an act.
- sincere — free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest: a sincere apology.
- true — being in accordance with the actual state or conditions; conforming to reality or fact; not false: a true story.
- original — belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
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