Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
quack grass — n a European grass of the genus Agropyron (A. repens) that is naturalized throughout No. America and has roots and rhizome with diuretic properties called also couch grass, quitch, twitch … Medical dictionary
Quack — 1) A practitioner who suggests the use of substances or devices for the prevention or treatment of disease that are known to be ineffective. 2) A person who pretends to be able to diagnose or heal people, but is unqualified and incompetent. * * * … Medical dictionary
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
medicine — 1. A drug. 2. The art of preventing or curing disease; the science concerned with disease in all its relations. 3. The study and treatment of general diseases or those affecting the internal parts of the body, especially those not usually… … Medical dictionary
quack — 1. noun /kwæk/ a) The sound made by a duck. Did you hear that duck make a quack? b) A fraudulent healer or incompetent doctor of medicine, an impostor who claims to have qualifications to practice … Wiktionary
quack — I [[t]kwæk[/t]] n. 1) anb the harsh, throaty cry of a duck or any similar sound 2) to utter a quack • Etymology: 1610–20; cf. D kwakken, G quacken II quack [[t]kwæk[/t]] n. 1) a fraudulent pretender to medical skill 2) a person who pretends,… … From formal English to slang
quack — quack1 /kwak/, n. 1. the harsh, throaty cry of a duck or any similar sound. v.i. 2. to utter the cry of a duck or a sound resembling it. [1610 20; imit.; cf. D kwakken, G quacken] quack2 quackish, adj. quackishly … Universalium
quack — I. /kwæk / (say kwak) verb (i) 1. to utter the cry of a duck, or a sound resembling it. –noun 2. the cry of a duck, or some similar sound. {imitative. Compare Dutch kwaken, German quacken} II. /kwæk / (say kwak) noun 1. an ignorant or fraudulent… …
quack|er|y — «KWAK uh ree», noun, plural er|ies. the practices or methods of a quack: »He warned against reaching into the medicine chest of economic quackery every time the slightest quiver runs through production and employment (New York Times). SYNONYM(S) … Useful english dictionary
quack — quack1 [kwak] vi. [echoic] to utter the characteristic sound or cry of a duck, or a sound like it n. the sound made by a duck, or any sound like it quack2 [kwak] n. [short for QUACKSALVER] 1. an untrained person who practices medicine… … English World dictionary
