Translations for „quack“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

I . quack¹ [kwæk] N (duck's sound)

quack

кря́канье nt

II . quack¹ [kwæk] INTERJ childspeak

quack-quack

кря-кря́

III . quack¹ [kwæk] VB intr

quack

кря́кать

I . quack² [kwæk] pej N

1. quack (fake doctor):

quack

шарлата́н m

2. quack Aus, Brit inf (doctor):

quack

врач m

II . quack² [kwæk] pej ADJ

quack doctor, medicine:

quack

шарлата́нский

Usage examples with quack

quack-quack

кря-кря́

ducks go ‘quack’

у́тки кря́кают

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The answer is quack because saying a word with a letter k in it forces you to smile.

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The male has a teal-like whistle, whereas the female has a mallard-like quack.

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The male has a distinctive crackling mating call; the female is rather silent for a female duck, but can manage a feeble "quack".

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For the next 150 years, scientists and quacks alike advocated literally hundreds of resuscitation techniques.

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Its call is a series of low quacks.

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He leans out of the window to warn the ships, but the foghorn stops and all he can do is quack.

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The king wondered at it, and although the witch tried to persuade him it was nothing but quacking, he ordered that the duck be captured.

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They were widely used in x-ray machines, spark-gap radio transmitters, arc lighting and quack medical electrotherapy devices from the 1880s to the 1920s.

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He soon realized how much the company's name sounded like a duck's quack.

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Accordingly, if any quack or trickster, who can press his advantage, comes among them he can acquire great wealth in a very short time by imposing on simple-minded people.

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