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
   • Suddenly I hear a roar like a lion then a gagging sound like someone is getting choked to death then high-pitched voices little quacky voices like the Chipmunks on the radio calling back and forth to one another Christmas Christmas time is here time for joy and time for cheer.2011, Minrose Gwin, Wishing for Snow, unnumbered page
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
   • I know this sounds real quacky but they did some mysterious good to the problem and I feel fine.1998 September 9, Joni Mitchell, interview quoted in 2003, Alan Hecht, Polio, page 72
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
   • Always work quacky land when it is driest.1890, Ontario Legislative Assembly, Sessional Papers - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, volume 1, page 14