quack doctor
1Quack — Quack, a. Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor. [1913 Webster] …
2quack|sal|ver — «KWAK sal vuhr», noun. 1. a quack doctor. 2. a quack; charlatan: »Brother Zeal of the land is no vulgar impostor, no mere religious quacksalver (Algernon Charles Swinburne). ╂[< earlier Dutch quacksalver (literally) a hawker of salve <… …
3quack — [[t]kwæ̱k[/t]] quacks, quacking, quacked 1) N COUNT: oft N n (disapproval) If you call someone a quack or a quack doctor, you mean that they claim to be skilled in medicine but are not. I went everywhere for treatment, tried all sorts of quacks.… …
4quack — I. /kwæk / (say kwak) verb (i) 1. to utter the cry of a duck, or a sound resembling it. –noun 2. the cry of a duck, or some similar sound. {imitative. Compare Dutch kwaken, German quacken} II. /kwæk / (say kwak) noun 1. an ignorant or fraudulent… …
5quack — 1 verb (I) to make the sound that ducks make 2 noun (C) informal 1 someone who pretends to have medical knowledge or skills: a quack doctor 2 BrE a doctor: You d better go and see the quack with that burn. 3 (C) a word used especially by or to… …
6quack — Ⅰ. quack [1] ► NOUN ▪ the characteristic harsh sound made by a duck. ► VERB ▪ make this sound. ORIGIN imitative. Ⅱ. quack [2] ► NOUN …
7doctor — [n] medical practitioner bones*, doc*, expert, general practitioner, healer, intern, MD, medic, medical person, medico, physician, professor*, quack*, scientist, specialist, surgeon; concept 357 Ant. patient doctor [v1] fix up, treat administer,… …
8quack — Doctor …
9quack — quack1 [kwæk] v [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: From the sound] to make the sound that ducks make quack 2 quack2 [i]n [Sense: 1; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: QUACK1] [Sense: 2 3; Date: 1600 1700; Origin: quacksalver …
10quack — I UK [kwæk] / US noun [countable] Word forms quack : singular quack plural quacks 1) a) informal a doctor who is not very good, or someone who cheats people by pretending to be a doctor b) British informal, showing disapproval a doctor 2) the… …
