quack

  1. Noun.  The sound made by a duck.
  2. Verb.  To make a noise like a duck.
  3. Noun.  A fraudulent healer or incompetent doctor of medicine, an impostor who claims to have qualifications to practice medicine.
  4. Noun.  A charlatan. .
  5. Noun.  (slang) A doctor.
  6. Verb.  To practice, commit quackery.
  7. Adjective.  falsely presented as having medicinal powers.

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