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NOUN:
  1. An untrained person who pretends to be a physician and dispenses medical advice and treatment.
  2. A charlatan; a mountebank.
ADJECTIVE:
Relating to or characteristic of a quack: a quack cure.
intr.v.
quacked, quack·ing, quacks
To act as a medical quack or a charlatan.
ETYMOLOGY:
Short for quacksalver

OTHER FORMS:
quacker·y(Noun), quackish(Adjective), quackish·ly(Adverb)


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