quack
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
Types & categories
- doctor hypernym
- mountebank hypernym
Related & opposite
- quack derivation
Sense 2 verb
utter quacking noises
The ducks quacked
Types & categories
- let out hypernym
Related & opposite
- quack derivation
Sense 3 noun
the harsh sound of a duck
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
- quack derivation
Sense 4 verb
act as a medical quack or a charlatan
Types & categories
- behave hypernym
Related & opposite
- quackery derivation
- quack derivation
- practice of medicine domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | quack |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | doctor |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | mountebank |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | quack |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | let out |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | quack |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | quackery |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | quack |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | practice of medicine |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | behave |