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Quack (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Qvacked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Quacking.] [Of imitative origin; cf. D. kwaken, G. quacken, quaken, Icel. kvaka to twitter.]
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1. To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.
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2. To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast. “ To quack of universal cures.” Hudibras.
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3. To act the part of a quack, or pretender.
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Quack, n. 1. The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise. Chaucer.
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2. [Cf. Quacksalver.] A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.
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3. Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan.
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Quacks political; quacks scientific, academical. Carlyle.
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Quack, a. Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor.
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