Definition of quack

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Quack (n.) The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise..

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Waahoo :: Waahoo (n.) The burning bush; -- said to be called after a quack medicine made from it.
Empirically :: Empirically (adv.) By experiment or experience; without science; in the manner of quacks.
Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To act the part of a quack, or pretender..
Quack :: Quack (n.) Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan..
Quack :: Quack (n.) A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.
Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor..
Quack :: Quack (a.) Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor..
Amethodist :: Amethodist (n.) One without method; a quack.
Mountebankish :: Mountebankish (a.) Like a mountebank or his quackery.
Medicaster :: Medicaster (n.) A quack.
Salver :: Salver (n.) One who salves, or uses salve as a remedy; hence, a quacksalver, or quack..
Mountebankery :: Mountebankery (n.) The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
Quackle :: Quackle (v. i. & t.) To suffocate; to choke.
Charlatan :: Charlatan (n.) One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank..
Theologaster :: Theologaster (n.) A pretender or quack in theology.
Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.
Merry-andrew :: Merry-andrew (n.) One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor..
Nostrum :: Nostrum (n.) Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.
Nostrum :: Nostrum (n.) A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine..
Quackish :: Quackish (a.) Like a quack; boasting; characterized by quackery.
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