Definition of quack

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Quack (v. i.) To act the part of a quack, or pretender..

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Mountebankish :: Mountebankish (a.) Like a mountebank or his quackery.
Quackled :: Quackled (imp. & p. p.) of Quackl.
Empirically :: Empirically (adv.) By experiment or experience; without science; in the manner of quacks.
Quack :: Quack (n.) The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise..
Saltimbanco :: Saltimbanco (n.) A mountebank; a quack.
Nostrum :: Nostrum (n.) Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.
Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.
Mountebankery :: Mountebankery (n.) The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
Medicaster :: Medicaster (n.) A quack.
Quack :: Quack (n.) Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan..
Empiricism :: Empiricism (n.) Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; charlatanry; quackery..
Quack :: Quack (n.) A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.
Quackle :: Quackle (v. i. & t.) To suffocate; to choke.
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..
Merry-andrew :: Merry-andrew (n.) One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor..
Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast.
Salver :: Salver (n.) One who salves, or uses salve as a remedy; hence, a quacksalver, or quack..
Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.
Nostrum :: Nostrum (n.) A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine..
Quackling :: Quackling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quackl.
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