quack

quack
v
cackle, gaggle, clack, honk.
n
1. pretender, impostor, masquerader, fake, Inf. faker, humbug; mountebank, charlatan, Inf. phony; hoaxer, cozener, trickster, cheat, swindler, Inf. shyster, sharper; slicker, spieler, knave, rogue, Inf. con man, Inf. con artist, Inf. bunko artist; shammer, bluffer; medicine man, witch doctor, shaman, nostrum peddler, medicaster, quacksalver.
adj
2. fake, Inf. phony, false, charlatanish; pseudo, quasi, sham, pretended, fraudulent; affected, assumed, put-on.

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  • Quack — 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.] [1913 Webster] 1. To utter a sound like the cry of a duck. [1913 Webster] 2. To make vain and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • quack|y — quack|y1 «KWAK ee», adjective. having a flat, metallic quality, resembling the quack of a duck: »Our women s voices are, on the whole, ungentle…they are pitched unpleasantly high and hardened by throat contractions into an habitual “quacky” or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Quack — Quack, n. 1. The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. [Cf. {Quacksalver}.] A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, one… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • quack — Ⅰ. quack [1] ► NOUN ▪ the characteristic harsh sound made by a duck. ► VERB ▪ make this sound. ORIGIN imitative. Ⅱ. quack [2] ► NOUN …   English terms dictionary

  • quack|er|y — «KWAK uh ree», noun, plural er|ies. the practices or methods of a quack: »He warned against reaching into the medicine chest of economic quackery every time the slightest quiver runs through production and employment (New York Times). SYNONYM(S) …   Useful english dictionary

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