quack

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /kwæk/

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Noun

Singular quack

Plural quacks

1. (uncountable) The sound made by a duck

   The duck went "quack quack".

2. (countable) A fake or incompetent healer or doctor.

   That doctor is nothing but a lousy quack!

Verb

Plain form quack

Third-person singular quacks

Past tense quacked

Past participle quacked

Present participle quacking

A quacking duck

1. To make a noise like a duck.

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

   Do you hear the ducks quacking?

   There are ducks quacking in a farm.