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Rarequack
The correct spelling is quack.
How to pronounce quack
/kwæk/
nounIPA: /kwæk/
Say it like: Kwa-k
The correct spelling is quack. The sound made by a duck. For example: "Did you hear that duck make a quack?"
Usage Examples
“Did you hear that duck make a quack?”
“Do you hear the ducks quack?”
“That doctor is nothing but a lousy quack!”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The sound made by a duck.
- 2.A fraudulent healer or incompetent professional; especially, a doctor of medicine who makes false diagnoses or inappropriate treatment; an impostor who claims to have qualifications to practice medicine.
- 3.A charlatan.
- 4.A doctor.
verb
- 1.To make a noise like a duck.
- 2.To practice or commit quackery (fraudulent medicine).
- 3.To make vain and loud pretensions.
adjective
- 1.Falsely presented as having medicinal powers.
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