NOUN | person | quack | an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice |
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event | quack | the harsh sound of a duck | |
ADJECTIVE | all | quack | medically unqualified |
VERB | communication | quack | utter quacking noises |
body | quack | act as a medical quack or a charlatan |
Sounds | kwae'k | |
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Rhymes | aback ... zodiac: 126 rhymes with aek... |
Meaning | medically unqualified. | |
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Example | "a quack doctor" | |
Broader | unqualified | not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training |
Spanish | charlatán |
Meaning | An untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice. | |
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Broader | doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico | A licensed medical practitioner |
mountebank, charlatan | A flamboyant deceiver | |
Spanish | curandero | |
Catalan | curandero, eixarmador, remeier | |
Verbs | quack | act as a medical quack or a charlatan |
Meaning | The harsh sound of a duck. | |
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Broader | sound | The sudden occurrence of an audible event |
Spanish | cuack, cuac | |
Verbs | quack | utter quacking noises |
Meaning | Utter quacking noises. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "The ducks quacked" | |
Broader | utter, emit, let out, let loose | Express audibly |
Spanish | graznar | |
Catalan | clacar | |
Nouns | quack | the harsh sound of a duck |
Meaning | act as a medical quack or a charlatan. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Category | medicine, practice of medicine | The learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries |
Broader | act, behave, do | Behave in a certain manner |
Spanish | encomiar, ensalzar | |
Nouns | quack | an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice |
quackery | medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings |
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