Definition of quack

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Quack (a.) Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor..

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Amethodist :: Amethodist (n.) One without method; a quack.
Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast.
Quack :: Quack (n.) Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan..
Waahoo :: Waahoo (n.) The burning bush; -- said to be called after a quack medicine made from it.
Mountebankery :: Mountebankery (n.) The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
Quack Grass :: Quack grass () See Quitch grass.
Quacksalver :: Quacksalver (n.) One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank..
Charlatan :: Charlatan (n.) One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank..
Saltimbanco :: Saltimbanco (n.) A mountebank; a quack.
Empiric :: Empiric (n.) One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan..
Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To act the part of a quack, or pretender..
Quack :: Quack (n.) The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise..
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..
Quackle :: Quackle (v. i. & t.) To suffocate; to choke.
Quackeries :: Quackeries (pl. ) of Quacker.
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..
Empirically :: Empirically (adv.) By experiment or experience; without science; in the manner of quacks.
Quack :: Quack (n.) A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.
Charlatanical :: Charlatanical (a.) Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish.
Nostrum :: Nostrum (n.) Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.
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