quack
Fraudulent medical practitioner
Quack imitates the harsh cry of a duck.
As a noun, it's both that sound and a fraudulent medical practitioner—someone whose credentials are as genuine as a duck's medical degree.
The extended sense applies to any pretender to skill: some quack nutritionist on the internet.
Quackery is the practice of such fraud.
Loud nasal blast
mallard · duckling · drake · webbed feet · dabble · paddle · brood · flock
One feigning another's identity
- fakerOne who pretends
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
- shamFraudulent imitation
- fraudsterCriminal deceiver for gain
pretender · mountebank · snake oil salesman · huckster · swindler · con artist · scammer · grifter
Unproven pet remedy
- cure-allSupposed universal remedy
- elixirMythical healing draught
- panaceaUniversal cure
- snake oilFraudulent cure-all
patent medicine · tonic · remedy · potion · salve · liniment · miracle cure · folk remedy
honk
Loud nasal blast
pond · mallard · duckling · drake · webbed feet · dabble · paddle · brood · flock · wetland
impostor
One feigning another's identity
fraudster · pretender · mountebank · snake oil salesman · huckster · swindler · con artist · scammer · grifter · shyster
nostrum
Unproven pet remedy
snake oil · patent medicine · tonic · remedy · potion · salve · liniment · miracle cure · folk remedy · home remedy
quackexpert
Highly skilled practitioner
professional · authority · master · specialist · virtuoso
quackmedical doctor
Licensed healthcare practitioner
surgeon · specialist · attending physician · medical practitioner · clinician
- to quack like a duckMimic waterfowl speech
- quack medicineFraudulent remedy, no efficacy
- quack like a duckImitate waterfowl vocalizations
- quack remedyFake cure peddled deceptively
- duck quackSound a waterfowl makes
- quack doctorUnqualified person practicing medicine