quack

Definition

  • noun: a pretender to medical skill
  • verb: to make a loud sound
  • verb: to make the characteristic cry of a duck
  • used in usually a negative or humorous way to refer to a doctor
  • synonyms: charlatan, boast, empiric

Examples

  • That 'quack' almost killed me by prescribing the wrong medication.

  • Her doctor turned out to be a real 'quack'.

  • We could hear the ducks 'quacking'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I want you to gain their trust. I need to know how to force their cooperation or hammer them hard if they won't. - Am I still with Augustine? - On paper. Yeah, you walk like one of her science pukes, you quack like one, but you report to me. Can you do that for me, son? Hell, yeah, sir. (..)
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