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Quack

Quack v. i. To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.
Quack v. i. To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast.
Quack v. i. To act the part of a quack, or pretender.
Quack n. The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise.
Quack n. A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.
Quack n. Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan.
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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