Definition for: quack

- Audio - Mouse over the speaker at the bottom of the screen to hear the sound of "quack"

- Other Translations

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æk

Noun

quack ( plural quacks )

1. a sound made by a duck.

   Did you hear that duck make a quack ?

2. a fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine, an impostor who claims to have qualifications to practice medicine.

   That doctor is nothing but a lousy quack !

3. a charlatan.

   What a quack he is, saying that's an organic Viagra™ !

4. ( slang ) a doctor.

Translations

Adjective

quack ( not comparable )

1. falsely presented as having medicinal powers.

   Don't get your hopes up; that's quack medicine!

Verb

to quack ( third-person singular simple present quacks , present participle quacking , simple past quacked , past participle quacked )

1. To make a noise like a duck.

   The more breadcrumbs I threw on the ground, the more they quacked .

   Do you hear the ducks quack ?

Translations

• Dutch: kwaken
• Finnish: vaakkua
• French: faire coin-coin
• Interlingua: quaccar
• Italian: fare qua qua
• Romanian: măcăi
• Russian: крякать (krjákat’)
• Spanish: decir cuac

Other Translations for "quack"

Braille 6 Dot
Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		--.- ..- .- -.-. -.-
Binary		1110001 1110101 1100001 1100011 1101011
Hex		717561636B
Pig Latin		uackqay

Click the speaker below to hear how the word "quack" sounds when it is pronunced.

HTML Link to "quack":
<a href="http://www.yawiktionary.com/q/1148344571216.html">Definition of quack</a>
It will appear like this: Definition of quack BB Link to "quack":
[URL=http://www.yawiktionary.com/q/1148344571216.html]Definition of quack[/URL] Like this free dictionary? Please book mark us. It's free! Get Web Statistics for your website Yawiktionary Statistics

---

---

Lookup word: