Quack medicine
1quack medicine — A remedy of specific the composition of which is kept secret, and which is sold to be used by the purchaser without the advice of a regular or licensed physician. Kohler Mfg. Co. v Beeshore (CA3 Pa) 59 F 572, 574 …
2quack grass — n a European grass of the genus Agropyron (A. repens) that is naturalized throughout No. America and has roots and rhizome with diuretic properties called also couch grass, quitch, twitch …
3Quack — 1) A practitioner who suggests the use of substances or devices for the prevention or treatment of disease that are known to be ineffective. 2) A person who pretends to be able to diagnose or heal people, but is unqualified and incompetent. * * * …
4Quack — Quack, a. Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor. [1913 Webster] …
5medicine — 1. A drug. 2. The art of preventing or curing disease; the science concerned with disease in all its relations. 3. The study and treatment of general diseases or those affecting the internal parts of the body, especially those not usually… …
6quack — 1. noun /kwæk/ a) The sound made by a duck. Did you hear that duck make a quack? b) A fraudulent healer or incompetent doctor of medicine, an impostor who claims to have qualifications to practice …
7quack — I [[t]kwæk[/t]] n. 1) anb the harsh, throaty cry of a duck or any similar sound 2) to utter a quack • Etymology: 1610–20; cf. D kwakken, G quacken II quack [[t]kwæk[/t]] n. 1) a fraudulent pretender to medical skill 2) a person who pretends,… …
8quack — quack1 /kwak/, n. 1. the harsh, throaty cry of a duck or any similar sound. v.i. 2. to utter the cry of a duck or a sound resembling it. [1610 20; imit.; cf. D kwakken, G quacken] quack2 quackish, adj. quackishly …
9quack — I. /kwæk / (say kwak) verb (i) 1. to utter the cry of a duck, or a sound resembling it. –noun 2. the cry of a duck, or some similar sound. {imitative. Compare Dutch kwaken, German quacken} II. /kwæk / (say kwak) noun 1. an ignorant or fraudulent… …
10quack|er|y — «KWAK uh ree», noun, plural er|ies. the practices or methods of a quack: »He warned against reaching into the medicine chest of economic quackery every time the slightest quiver runs through production and employment (New York Times). SYNONYM(S) …
