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Quack sb.2. World English Historical Dictionary

Quack sb.2. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1910, rev. 2025. Quack sb.2 [Imitative: cf. Du. kwak, G. quack, Sw. qvack (of ducks or frogs), Icel. kvak twittering of birds. See also QUAKE int.] The harsh cry characteristic of a duck; a sound resembling, or imitating this. b. humorously. A duck.

1 1839.  Lett. fr. Madras (1843), 290. Showing his teeth, and uttering a loud quack!

2 1869.  Blackmore, Lorna D., x. He gave me a look from his one little eye … and then a loud quack to second it.

3 a. 1897.  Bird o’ Freedom (Barrère & Leland). I send her herewith a couple of quacks.

4 1901.  A. R. Conder, Seal Silence, 206. The voice of the footman rose high above the general quack of conversation.

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