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quackier

quackier is the comparative form of quacky.

Meaning of quacky

Adjective

quacky (comparative quackier, superlative quackiest)

  1. That resembles the quack of a duck.
    • With progressive prostration (which is more marked in young infants) and with a tone to the cry which is a sort of a thin, crowing, quacky sound, points to the existence of retropharyngeal lymphadenitis.1907, Le Grand Kerr, Diagnostics of the Diseases of Children, page 177
  2. Fraudulent; characterised by or using the methods of quackery.
    • The Doctor says that some of the quackiest of the quacks are in the army.1919, Oral Hygeine, volume 9, page 921
  3. (US) Infested with quackgrass.
    • After the first hoeing of a quacky crop, it is often well to go over it lightly in the middle of a hot day, just skimming the surface of the soil, and cutting off the young grass.1859, The Cultivator, Volume 7, 3rd Series, page 54

Questions about quackier

What is quackier the comparative form of?
Quackier is the comparative form of quacky.

Words near quackier in the dictionary

  1. quackest
  2. quacketh
  3. quackgrass
  4. quackgrasses
  5. quackhood
  6. quackier
  7. quackiest
  8. quacking
  9. quackingly
  10. quackings
  11. quackish

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