quacks
UK/kwæks/
quacks is the plural of quack.
quacks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of quack.
Meaning of quack
Noun (1)
quack (plural quacks)
- The vocalisation made by a duck.
- Did you hear that duck make a quack?
Noun (2)
quack (plural quacks)
- A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients
- That doctor is nothing but a lousy quack!
- Any similar charlatan or incompetent professional.
- The very quaik of faſhions, the very hee that / VVeares a Steletto on his chinne.c. 1635–1636 (date written), Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], The Fancies, Chast and Noble: […], London: […] E[lizabeth] P[urslowe] for Henry Seile, […], published 1638, →OCLC, Act III, page 32
- Any doctor.
- That quack wants me to quit smoking, eat less, and start exercising. The nerve!
Phrases with quacks
- if it looks, swims, walks and quacks like a duck, then it's probably a duck
- if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it's probably a duck
- if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck
- when I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck
Questions about quacks
- What is quacks the plural of?
- Quacks is the plural of quack.
- How do you pronounce quacks?
- Quacks is pronounced /kwæks/ (UK).
Words near quacks in the dictionary
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