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. (..)
    2009 Avatar
  • (..) have just begun. You know when you go on like this what you sound like? I sound like a sensible fucking man. You sound like a duck. Quack, quack, quack... Take heart, 'cause you're never gonna have to hear it again... since I'm never gonna do it again... you're never gonna have to hear me quack... about how I'm never gonna do it again. After tonight. Correct. I got all tonight to quack. Can I get anyone more coffee? HONEYBUNNY: Oh, yes. Thank you. You're welcome. I mean, the way it is now... you're taking the same risk as when you rob a bank. You take more of a risk. Banks are easier. (..)
    1994 Pulp Fiction
  • (..) 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