Quack
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Quack
Verb
Noun
- A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
"That doctor is nothing but a lousy quack!"
- Any similar charlatan or incompetent professional.
- Any doctor.
"That quack wants me to quit smoking, eat less, and start exercising. The nerve!"
Verb
- To practice or commit quackery (fraudulent medicine).
- To make vain and loud pretensions.