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quacker

quacker noun: one who quacks. Also the comparative form of quack.

Noun (1)

quacker (plural quackers)

  1. One who quacks.
    • 1901–1947: Benjamin Albert Botkin, A Treasury of New England Folklore: Stories, Ballads, and Traditions of the Yankee People
      The decoy was what the townsman who had lent it to him called a "first-class quacker." The decoy quacked and swam about […]
  2. (slang) A playing card with the rank of two; a duck.

Noun (2) capitalized: Quacker

Quacker (plural Quackers)

  1. (alternative, dated, possibly, uncommon) Alternative form of Quaker.

Also used as

quacker is also the comparative form of quack.

Forms of quacker

pluralquackers
pluralQuackers

Origin of quacker

From quack (verb) + -er.

From quack (adjective) + -er.

Questions about quacker

What does quacker mean?
Quacker means one who quacks.
What part of speech is quacker?
Quacker is a noun.
What is the plural of quacker?
The plural of quacker is quackers.

Words near quacker in the dictionary

  1. quacked
  2. Quackenbos
  3. Quackenboses
  4. Quackenbush
  5. Quackenbushes
  6. quacker
  7. quackeries
  8. quackers
  9. quackery
  10. quackest
  11. quacketh

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