Bible Dictionaries
Quack

　　(1):

　　 (v. i.) To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.

　　 (2):

　　 (v. i.) To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast.

　　 (3):

　　 (v. i.) To act the part of a quack, or pretender.

　　 (4):

　　 (n.) The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise.

　　 (5):

　　 (n.) A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.

　　 (6):

　　 (n.) Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan.

　　 (7):

　　 (a.) Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor.