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quack
(mass) | quack
- kvak, šarlatán, kvákať, pracovať ako šarlatán |
quack
(encz) | quack,kvak interj: zvuk žáby Martin Ligač |
quack
(encz) | quack,kvák interj: zvuk žáby Martin Ligač |
quack
(encz) | quack,šarlatán n: [obec.] |
Quack
(gcide) | Quack \Quack\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Qvacked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Quacking.] [Of imitative origin; cf. D. kwaken, G. quacken,
quaken, Icel. kvaka to twitter.]
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1. To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.
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2. To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast. " To quack of
universal cures." --Hudibras.
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3. To act the part of a quack, or pretender.
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Quack
(gcide) | Quack \Quack\, n.
1. The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a
hoarse, quacking noise. --Chaucer.
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2. [Cf. Quacksalver.] A boastful pretender to medical
skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.
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3. Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge
of any kind not possessed; a charlatan.
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Quacks political; quacks scientific, academical.
--Carlyle.
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Quack
(gcide) | 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.
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quack
(wn) | quack
adj 1: medically unqualified; "a quack doctor"
n 1: an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who
dispenses medical advice
2: the harsh sound of a duck
v 1: utter quacking noises; "The ducks quacked"
2: act as a medical quack or a charlatan |
QUACK
(bouvier) | QUACK. One, who, without sufficient knowledge, study or previous
preparation, and without the diploma of some college or university,
undertakes to practice medicine or surgery, under the pretence that he
possesses secrets in those arts.
2. He is criminally answerable for his unskillful practice, and also,
civilly to his patient in certain cases. Vide Mala praxis; Physician.
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quack
(mass) | quack
- kvak, šarlatán, kvákať, pracovať ako šarlatán |
quack
(encz) | quack,kvak interj: zvuk žáby Martin Ligačquack,kvák interj: zvuk žáby Martin Ligačquack,šarlatán n: [obec.] |
quack grass
(encz) | quack grass, n: |
quack-quack
(encz) | quack-quack,kač kač Zdeněk Brožquack-quack,kačenka n: Zdeněk Brož |
quacked
(encz) | quacked,kvákali Zdeněk Brožquacked,kvákl v: Zdeněk Brož |
quackery
(encz) | quackery,šarlatánství n: Zdeněk Brož |
quackgrass
(encz) | quackgrass, n: |
quacks
(encz) | quacks,kváká v: Zdeněk Brož |
quack grass
(gcide) | Quitch grass \Quitch" grass`\ (kw[i^]ch" gr[.a]s`). [Properly
quick grass, being probably so called from its vigorous
growth, or from its tenacity of life. See Quick, and cf.
Couch grass.] (Bot.)
A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running
rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously,
and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass,
quack grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See
Illustration in Appendix.
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See Quitch grass.
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Quack grass
(gcide) | Quitch grass \Quitch" grass`\ (kw[i^]ch" gr[.a]s`). [Properly
quick grass, being probably so called from its vigorous
growth, or from its tenacity of life. See Quick, and cf.
Couch grass.] (Bot.)
A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running
rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously,
and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass,
quack grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See
Illustration in Appendix.
[1913 Webster]Quack grass \Quack" grass`\ (Bot.)
See Quitch grass.
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Quackeries
(gcide) | Quackery \Quack"er*y\, n.; pl. Quackeries.
The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false
pretensions to any art; empiricism. --Carlyle.
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Quackery
(gcide) | Quackery \Quack"er*y\, n.; pl. Quackeries.
The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false
pretensions to any art; empiricism. --Carlyle.
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Quacking
(gcide) | Quack \Quack\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Qvacked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Quacking.] [Of imitative origin; cf. D. kwaken, G. quacken,
quaken, Icel. kvaka to twitter.]
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1. To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.
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2. To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast. " To quack of
universal cures." --Hudibras.
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3. To act the part of a quack, or pretender.
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Quackish
(gcide) | Quackish \Quack"ish\, a.
Like a quack; boasting; characterized by quackery. --Burke.
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Quackism
(gcide) | Quackism \Quack"ism\, n.
Quackery. --Carlyle.
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Quackle
(gcide) | Quackle \Quac"kle\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Quackled; p. pr.
& vb. n. Quackling.] [Cf.Querken.]
To suffocate; to choke. [Prov. Eng.]
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Quackled
(gcide) | Quackle \Quac"kle\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Quackled; p. pr.
& vb. n. Quackling.] [Cf.Querken.]
To suffocate; to choke. [Prov. Eng.]
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Quackling
(gcide) | Quackle \Quac"kle\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Quackled; p. pr.
& vb. n. Quackling.] [Cf.Querken.]
To suffocate; to choke. [Prov. Eng.]
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Quacksalver
(gcide) | Quacksalver \Quack"sal*ver\, n. [D. kwakzalver; cf. kwakzalven
to quack or boast of one's salves. See Quack, Salve, n.]
One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of
the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a
mountebank. [Obs.] --Burton.
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quack
(wn) | quack
adj 1: medically unqualified; "a quack doctor"
n 1: an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who
dispenses medical advice
2: the harsh sound of a duck
v 1: utter quacking noises; "The ducks quacked"
2: act as a medical quack or a charlatan |
quack grass
(wn) | quack grass
n 1: European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes;
naturalized in North America as a weed [syn: dog grass,
couch grass, quackgrass, quack grass, quick grass,
witch grass, witchgrass, Agropyron repens] |
quack-quack
(wn) | quack-quack
n 1: child's word for a duck |
quackery
(wn) | quackery
n 1: medical practice and advice based on observation and
experience in ignorance of scientific findings [syn:
quackery, empiricism]
2: the dishonesty of a charlatan [syn: charlatanism,
quackery] |
quackgrass
(wn) | quackgrass
n 1: European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes;
naturalized in North America as a weed [syn: dog grass,
couch grass, quackgrass, quack grass, quick grass,
witch grass, witchgrass, Agropyron repens] |
QUACK
(bouvier) | QUACK. One, who, without sufficient knowledge, study or previous
preparation, and without the diploma of some college or university,
undertakes to practice medicine or surgery, under the pretence that he
possesses secrets in those arts.
2. He is criminally answerable for his unskillful practice, and also,
civilly to his patient in certain cases. Vide Mala praxis; Physician.
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