Definition of quack

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Quack (v. i.) To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast.

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Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor..
Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To act the part of a quack, or pretender..
Quackism :: Quackism (n.) Quackery.
Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.
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..
Quackish :: Quackish (a.) Like a quack; boasting; characterized by quackery.
Theologaster :: Theologaster (n.) A pretender or quack in theology.
Quacking :: Quacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quac.
Quack :: Quack (n.) Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan..
Charlatanry :: Charlatanry (n.) Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism.
Amethodist :: Amethodist (n.) One without method; a quack.
Nostrum :: Nostrum (n.) Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.
Charlatanical :: Charlatanical (a.) Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish.
Quack :: Quack (n.) A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.
Waahoo :: Waahoo (n.) The burning bush; -- said to be called after a quack medicine made from it.
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..
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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