Found 3 items, similar to Quacks.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: quack dukun, membebek, tukang obat
English → English (WordNet) Definition: quack quack adj : medically unqualified; “a quack doctor” [syn: quack(a)] quack n 1: an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice 2: the harsh sound of a duck quack v 1: utter quacking noises; “The ducks quacked” 2: act as a medical quack or a charlatan
English → English (gcide) Definition: Quack Quack \Quack\, a. Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor. [1913 Webster] Quack \Quack\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Qvacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Quacking.] [Of imitative origin; cf. D. kwaken, G. quacken, quaken, Icel. kvaka to twitter.] [1913 Webster] 1. To utter a sound like the cry of a duck. [1913 Webster] 2. To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast. “ To quack of universal cures.” --Hudibras. [1913 Webster] 3. To act the part of a quack, or pretender. [1913 Webster] Quack \Quack\, n. 1. The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. [Cf. Quacksalver.] A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan. [1913 Webster] Quacks political; quacks scientific, academical. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]