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Quacky

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

(of a voice or sound) That resembles the quack of a duck..

Definitions by Sense

  1. (of a voice or sound) That resembles the quack of a duck.
  2. Fraudulent; characterised by or using the methods of quackery.
  3. (US, of land or a crop) Infested with quackgrass.

Example Sentences

With progressive prostration (which is more marked in young infants) and with a tone to the cry which is a sort of a thin, crowing, quacky sound, points to the existence of retropharyngeal lymphadenitis.
Suddenly I hear a roar like a lion then a gagging sound like someone is getting choked to death then high-pitched voices little quacky voices like the Chipmunks on the radio calling back and forth to one another Christmas Christmas time is here time for joy and time for cheer.
1998 September 9, Joni Mitchell, interview quoted in 2003, Alan Hecht, Polio, page 72, I know this sounds real quacky but they did some mysterious good to the problem and I feel fine.
The Doctor says that some of the quackiest of the quacks are in the army.
Although some of the moments surrounding my coming out may seem humorous in retrospect, the underlying harsh fact is that thousands of desperate people are willing to embrace the quackiest of measures to cure homosexuality in themselves or in loved ones, and this is anything but funny.
David's expression changes. A quack? All this act is about some quacky, pseudo science, right on, I know something you don't cult thing.
Dr. Torrent described the signs and symptoms of RP,^([retinitis pigmentosa]) surveyed the established research into causes of the disease, and summarized the failed attempts to develop a cure, including a barbaric method pioneered in the USSR involving the injection of quacky medicine directly into the patient's eyeball.
The housemother was a relief housemother, and she was quacky, and we didn't think she knew anything.

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Related Words

quackishquacklikeduckyduckishducklikequaillikeanatinecroakyquillyquailishcacklyquaylikequoitlikesquawlikequichelikecawkycharlatanicalsquiddycheepydodoesque

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What does quacky mean?

Quacky means (of a voice or sound) That resembles the quack of a duck..

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With progressive prostration (which is more marked in young infants) and with a tone to the cry which is a sort of a thin, crowing, quacky sound, points to the existence of retropharyngeal lymphadenitis.

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