The cow goes "moo," the rooster goes "cock-a-doodle-doo," the pig goes "oink, oink," the duck goes "quack, quack" and the cat goes "meow."
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Quack
//kwæk//
Synonyms for "quack" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
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Related words (42)
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2 entriesTranslations
215 translations across 55 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὀχλαγωγός noun (charlatan)
Arabic
4 entries- بَطْبَطَة noun (sound made by a duck)
- زَبْط noun (sound made by a duck)
- زَبَطَ verb (to make a noise like a duck)
- يكاكي verb (to make a noise like a duck)
Armenian
2 entries- հեքիմ noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- շառլատան noun (charlatan)
Assamese
2 entries- পেঁক পেঁক noun (sound made by a duck)
- পেঁক পেঁকোৱা verb (to make a noise like a duck)
Bulgarian
4 entries- знахар noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- крякане noun (sound made by a duck)
- шарлатанин noun (charlatan)
- крякам verb (to make a noise like a duck)
Catalan
1 entries- nyec noun (sound made by a duck)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 嘎嘎 intj (duck's sound)
- 呱 noun (sound made by a duck)
- 嘎 noun (sound made by a duck)
- 庸醫 /庸医 noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
Cornish
1 entries- kwackya verb (to make a noise like a duck)
Czech
1 entries- káchat verb (to make a noise like a duck)
Danish
3 entries- kvaksalver noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- rap noun (sound made by a duck)
- rappe verb (to make a noise like a duck)
Dutch
4 entries- charlatan noun (charlatan)
- kwak noun (sound made by a duck)
- kwakzalfster noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- kwakzalfster noun (charlatan)
Esperanto
2 entries- kvako noun (sound made by a duck)
- kvaki verb (to make a noise like a duck)
Estonian
3 entries- imearst noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- nurgaarst noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- prääks noun (sound made by a duck)
Faroese
2 entries- gvagg noun (sound made by a duck)
- kvagg noun (sound made by a duck)
Finnish
4 entries- kvaak noun (sound made by a duck)
- puoskari noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- puoskari noun (charlatan)
- puoskari noun (doctor)
French
4 entries- charlatan noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- charlatan noun (charlatan)
- charlatane noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- charlatane noun (charlatan)
Galician
1 entries- charlatán noun (charlatan)
Georgian
4 entries- ექიმბაში noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- თაღლითი noun (charlatan)
- ყიყინი noun (sound made by a duck)
- შარლატანი noun (charlatan)
German
4 entries- quak intj (duck's sound)
- Kurpfuscher noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- Quacksalber noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- Quacksalber noun (charlatan)
Greek
4 entries- αλμπάνης noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- κομπογιαννίτης noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- πα πα noun (sound made by a duck)
- τσαρλατάνος noun (charlatan)
Hebrew
1 entries- רוֹפֵא אֱלִיל noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
Hindi
2 entries- झोलाछाप noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- झोलाछाप noun (charlatan)
Hungarian
4 entries- háp noun (sound made by a duck)
- hápogás noun (sound made by a duck)
- kuruzsló noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- sarlatán noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
Icelandic
4 entries- fals adj (falsely presented as having medicinal powers)
- skottu adj (falsely presented as having medicinal powers)
- svika adj (falsely presented as having medicinal powers)
- andagagg noun (sound made by a duck)
Ido
4 entries- bramo noun (sound made by a duck)
- kroaso noun (sound made by a duck)
- medikacho noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- sharlatano noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
Indonesian
4 entries- dukun noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- kuik noun (sound made by a duck)
- kwek noun (sound made by a duck)
- wak noun (sound made by a duck)
Interlingua
1 entries- quaccar verb (to make a noise like a duck)
Irish
4 entries- dochtúir bréige noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- potrálaí noun (charlatan)
- soidéalach noun (charlatan)
- vác noun (sound made by a duck)
Italian
4 entries- empirico adj (falsely presented as having medicinal powers)
- ciarlatano noun (charlatan)
- imbonitore noun (charlatan)
- mediconzolo noun (doctor)
Japanese
4 entries- もぐりの医者 noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- ガー ガー noun (sound made by a duck)
- クェッ クェッ noun (sound made by a duck)
- クワッ クワッ noun (sound made by a duck)
Kannada
2 entries- ಅಳಲೆಕಾಯಿ ಪಂಡಿತ noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- ಅಳಲೆಕಾಯಿ ಪಂಡಿತ noun (charlatan)
Korean
1 entries- 꽥꽥 noun (sound made by a duck)
Latin
1 entries- tetrinnio verb (to make a noise like a duck)
Macedonian
4 entries- ква́к noun (sound made by a duck)
- надрилекар noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- шарлата́н noun (charlatan)
- ква́ка verb (to make a noise like a duck)
Malay
1 entries- wak noun (sound made by a duck)
Māori
4 entries- keakea noun (sound made by a duck)
- kēkē noun (sound made by a duck)
- keakea verb (to make a noise like a duck)
- kēkē verb (to make a noise like a duck)
Norman
1 entries- dgéthisseux noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
Northern Mansi
2 entries- э̄тгыл noun (sound made by a duck)
- эт-эт noun (sound made by a duck)
Norwegian
2 entries- kvakk noun (sound made by a duck)
- kvekke verb (to make a noise like a duck)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kvakksalver noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kvakksalvar noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
Piedmontese
1 entries- charlatão noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
Polish
4 entries- konował noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- kwa noun (sound made by a duck)
- kwak noun (sound made by a duck)
- kwaknięcie noun (sound made by a duck)
Portuguese
4 entries- charlatão noun (charlatan)
- curandeiro noun (doctor)
- mata-sanos noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- quac noun (sound made by a duck)
Romanian
4 entries- mac noun (sound made by a duck)
- mac-mac noun (sound made by a duck)
- măcăit noun (sound made by a duck)
- măcăitură noun (sound made by a duck)
Russian
4 entries- знахарь noun (doctor)
- конова́л noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- кря noun (sound made by a duck)
- кря-кря́ noun (sound made by a duck)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- feall-lèigh noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- mhàg mhàg noun (sound made by a duck)
- saobh-lèigh noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- sgoiteach noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
Spanish
4 entries- charlatán noun (charlatan)
- cua noun (sound made by a duck)
- cuac noun (sound made by a duck)
- curandero noun (doctor)
Swedish
3 entries- kvack noun (sound made by a duck)
- kvacksalvare noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- kvacka verb (to make a noise like a duck)
Tagalog
2 entries- doktor-laway noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- kwak-kwak noun (sound made by a duck)
Tamil
2 entries- குவா intj (duck's sound)
- குவா noun (sound made by a duck)
Thai
4 entries- กำมะลอ noun (charlatan)
- ก้าบ noun (sound made by a duck)
- นักต้มตุ๋น noun (charlatan)
- สิบแปดมงกุฎ noun (charlatan)
Turkish
4 entries- vak noun (sound made by a duck)
- üfürükçü noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- şarlatan noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
- şarlatan noun (charlatan)
Vietnamese
3 entries- cạc cạc noun (sound made by a duck)
- cạp cạp noun (sound made by a duck)
- lang băm noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
Welsh
2 entries- cwac noun (sound made by a duck)
- cwac noun (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
Sample sentences
31 total sentences available.
"Quack, quack," said the duck.
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He must be a quack doctor.
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My mom thinks the doctor is a quack.
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