quackier
quackier is the comparative form of quacky.
Meaning of quacky
Adjective
quacky (comparative quackier, superlative quackiest)
- 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
- 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
- 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.
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