Quack
31quack — 1. v. & n. n. the harsh sound made by ducks. v.intr. 1 utter this sound. 2 colloq. talk loudly and foolishly. Etymology: imit.: cf. Du. kwakken, G quacken croak, quack 2. n. 1 a an unqualified practiser of medicine. b (attrib.) of or… …
32quack — quạck <Interj.> [zu ↑quackeln] (ugs.): Unsinn!, Quatsch!: „Quack!“ sagte der Vater und musterte den Sohn wie einen, der von Tag zu Tag blöder wird (Bastian, Brut 125) …
33quack — verb Quack is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑duck …
34Quack — 1. Übername zu mnd. quaken »quaken, schwatzen« oder zu niederdt. (mda.) Quack »schwacher Mensch«. 2. Übername zu nsorb. kwakas »quaken, schnattern, schwatzen« oder zu nsorb. kwak (Nachahmung des Entenlauts) …
35quack — An action beyond description. Did anyone just see that quack? …
36quack — An action beyond description. Did anyone just see that quack? …
37quack — n a doctor. This usually lightheartedly pejorative term originated in the 17th century when it referred to a peddler of spurious cures. It is a shortening of quacksalver which is composed of quack (give one s verbal patter ) and salve (save,… …
38quack v — What happens to ducks that fly upside down? They quack up …
39quack — [kwæk] noun [C] I 1) the sound that a DUCK makes 2) informal a bad doctor, or someone who pretends to be a doctor II verb [I] quack [kwæk] to make the sound that a DUCK makes …
40Quack — Es geht so viel in einen Quack als in einen Sack. – Schmitz, 190. Ein kleiner Mensch verzehrt so viel wie ein grosser …
