Quacky
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 That resembles the quack of a duck.
"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."
- 2 Fraudulent; characterised by or using the methods of quackery.
"The Doctor says that some of the quackiest of the quacks are in the army."
- 3 Infested with quackgrass. US
"1859, The Cultivator, Volume 7, 3rd Series, page 54, After the first hoeing of a quacky crop, it is often well to go over it lightly in the middle of a hot day, just skimming the surface of the soil, and cutting off the young grass."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From quack + -y.
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