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quack1 noun the noise that a duck makes. verb (quacked, quacking) intrans 1 said of a duck: to make this noise. 2 to talk in a loud silly voice. quacker noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: imitating the sound.
quack2 noun 1 someone who practises medicine or who claims to have medical knowledge, but who has no formal training in the subject. 2 colloq, often derog a term for any doctor or medical practitioner, etc. 3 anyone who pretends to have a knowledge or skill that they do not possess. quackish adj.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Dutch quacksalver, from kwakken to quack + salf an ointment.
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