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quack

/kwæk/ noun C2
  1. A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients · That doctor is nothing but a lousy quack!
  2. Any similar charlatan or incompetent professional. (figuratively)
  3. Any doctor. (slang) · That quack wants me to quit smoking, eat less, and start exercising. The nerve!

Plural quacks

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## The Quack Frog
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 83 · B2

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