Quack



noun
1.
(a person who practices medicine without having been trained, licensed, etc. charlatan) គ្រូពេទ្យផ្ដេសផ្ដាសឬក្លែង
verbpast tense: qvacked ; past participle: qvacked ; present participle: quacking ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) (To act as a medical quack or a charlatan) ក្លែងធ្វើជាគ្រូពេទ្យ
2.
(INTRANSITIVE) (to utter this sound; to cry like a duck) ស្រែកកាបៗ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise.
2.
A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.
3.
Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan.
adjective
1.
Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor.
verbpast tense: qvacked ; past participle: qvacked ; present participle: quacking ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.
2.
(INTRANSITIVE) To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast.
3.
(INTRANSITIVE) To act the part of a quack, or pretender.