English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of quack

quack

/noun/ नीम हकीम; कठवैद्य; अनाड़ी; नीमहकीम; बत्तख का शब्द; कुबैद्य; मिथ्या चिकित्सक; ठगविद्या करनेवाला;
/verb/शेख़ी मारना;

Synonym mountebank; anari; quack-quack; quacksalver; brag;

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English Dictionary:

1. Quack

[a.]

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

2. Quack

[n.]

- The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise.
- A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.
- Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan.

3. Quack

[v. i.]

- To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.
- To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast.
- To act the part of a quack, or pretender.