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quack
What does quack mean?
quack (noun): an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use quack in a sentence?
- My mom thinks the doctor is a quack. (Tatoeba sentence #4891793 by AlanF_US, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce quack?
/kwæk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
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What does “quack” mean?
an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
Right! That's what “quack” means.
an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
Not quite: that's what qualification means.
an automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing
Not quite: that's what reflex means.
a strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick
Not quite: that's what cane means.
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