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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 quotes

  • (..) increasingly complex. Look at this, John. What? What? - Dr. Rosen said... - Rosen! That quack! "Schizophrenic break from reality," right? Psychological bullshit! Look at me, John. John, look at me. Do I look like I'm imagined? (..)
    2001 A Beautiful Mind