quack

/kwæk/
adjective
  1. Relating to a person who falsely claims medical expertise; fake or fraudulent.
    • The quack doctor sold useless pills to desperate patients.
    • The newspaper article exposed several quack remedies for weight loss.
    • She lost her savings by investing in a quack medical device.
Synonyms
noun
  1. A person who falsely claims to have medical skill or knowledge.
    • Real doctors warn patients to be careful of quacks offering miracle treatments.
    • The so-called doctor was exposed as a quack who had no medical license.
    • My grandmother was tricked by a quack selling fake cancer cures.
  2. The loud, harsh sound that a duck makes.
    • The duck let out a loud quack when we threw bread into the water.
    • We heard the quack of a duck coming from the pond.
    • A sudden quack startled the children playing nearby.
verb
  1. To make the sound of a duck.
    • We could hear the geese honking and the ducks quacking in the distance.
    • The ducks quacked loudly as we walked past the lake.
    • My little brother likes to quack like a duck to make us laugh.
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