An example of a quack doctor is the faith healer.
The noise a duck makes, or popular slang for an incompetent doctor.
The word is spelled onomatopoeia. An onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like what it is describing. A good example of this is the word quack. The sound that a duck makes is "Quack." The word sounds like the sound it is describing.
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quick, queer, queue, queen, quack, quibble, question
Doctor is abbreviated to Dr. when used as a title in conjunction with the person's name, but not when addressing the person by title only or when using doctor merely as a noun, not a title. For example: * Dr. Smith * Dr. and Mrs. John Smith * How are you, Doctor? * Margaret is a doctor too.
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The doctor is Dr Quack!
quack (as in quack doctor) is 'un charlatan' in French. To quack (for a duck) is translated by the verbs 'cancaner' or 'craquetter'.
"Quack" can be used as a noun to refer to the sound a duck makes or as a term to describe someone pretending to be a medical professional. For example, "The duck let out a loud quack" versus "It's dangerous to trust your health to a quack doctor."
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A bad doctor can be called a quack.
Did it quack like a duck? That doctor is a quack. One "Quack!" from the duck was all it took to startle the curious puppy.
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A fake doctor is sometimes called a quack.
It means not a proper doctor. Someone unqualified but acting as if qualified.
One of the best questions that I have seen in a while. This question can be taken quite literally however one must take into accounts the different types of duck. For example you have the mexican duck. Thus ducks speak in different languages. Quick guide to speaking duck. Mexican duck -"quack" translation: eh ese wazzup French duck -"Queck" translation: "steeoopid amerwicon" American duck: "moo" translation: "quack"