quack

/kwæk/

noun 4verb 4intj 1adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

english, english, lousy

VERB + QUACK

goes, hear, heard, hopes, make, speak

QUACK + NOUN

cat, doctor, duck, medicine

PREP.

than, up

ADV.

privately

Definitions

noun

The sound made by a duck.

Did you hear that duck make a quack?

verb

To make a noise like a duck.

The more breadcrumbs I threw on the ground, the more they quacked.

Do you hear the ducks quack?

Of a queen bee: to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development.

intj

A duck's quack.

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Did you hear that duck make a quack?

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The more breadcrumbs I threw on the ground, the more they quacked.

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Do you hear the ducks quack?

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That doctor is nothing but a lousy quack!

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1662, Rump: or an Exact Collection of the Choycest Poems and Songs Relating to Late Times, Vol. II, by ‘the most Eminent Wits’ Tis hard to say, how much these Arse-wormes do urge us, We now need no Qu

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After ſome Months, the Quack gets privately to Town, [...]

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, quack is marked as derogatory, figuratively, slang, obsolete, humorous. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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