quacked
Made mallard noises
Quacked is the past tense of quack—the harsh, flat cry a duck makes: The ducks quacked loudly when we approached the pond.
Figuratively, quack describes the patter of fraudulent practitioners, especially in medicine, so quacked can mean spoke like a charlatan: He quacked on about miracle cures.
Copied another's actions
- copiedReproduced from original
- impersonatedPosed as another person
- mockedRidiculed or scorned
- apedImitated closely
parroted · echoed · emulated · reproduced · simulated · parodied · caricatured · lampooned
Common dabbling waterfowl
- waterfowlSwimming birds collectively
- pondSmall still body
- drakeMale waterfowl
- dabblingShallow, casual involvement
beak · waddle · farmyard · decoy · rubber duck · wetland · marsh · duckling
Faker claiming false expertise
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- snake oilFraudulent cure-all
- pseudoscienceBogus methodology posing as factual
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
sham · bogus · fake · impostor · mountebank · huckster · swindler · deceptive
mimicked
Copied another's actions
- copiedReproduced from original
- impersonatedPosed as another person
- mockedRidiculed or scorned
aped · parroted · echoed · emulated · reproduced · simulated · parodied · caricatured · lampooned · satirized
mallard
Common dabbling waterfowl
dabbling · beak · waddle · farmyard · decoy · rubber duck · wetland · marsh · duckling · honk
charlatan
Faker claiming false expertise
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- snake oilFraudulent cure-all
- pseudoscienceBogus methodology posing as factual
con artist · sham · bogus · fake · impostor · mountebank · huckster · swindler · deceptive · unqualified
- 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