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QUACK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The harsh sound of a duck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("quack" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

Derivation:

quack (utter quacking noises)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("quack" is a kind of...):

doc; doctor; Dr.; MD; medico; physician (a licensed medical practitioner)

charlatan; mountebank (a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes)

Derivation:

quack (act as a medical quack or a charlatan)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Medically unqualified

Example:

a quack doctor

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unqualified (not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act as a medical quack or a charlatan

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "quack" is one way to...):

act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)

Domain category:

medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

quack (an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice)

quackery (medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Utter quacking noises

Example:

The ducks quacked

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "quack" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

quack (the harsh sound of a duck)

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