quack
/kwæk/noun
उच्चारण क्वैक
नीम-हकीम, झोलाछाप डॉक्टर
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SSC Exams before 2018- 1
[C] disapproving
a person who pretends to have medical knowledge or skills that they do not have
नीम-हकीम, झोलाछाप डॉक्टर
- The villagers were cheated by a quack who sold coloured water as medicine.
- Never take medicine from a quack who promises instant cures.
- The patient was cheated by a quack who claimed to cure every disease.
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- Beware of quacks who sell miracle medicines on the street.
- The newspaper exposed a quack who had no medical degree.
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[C]
the sound that a duck makes
बत्तख की आवाज़
- the quack of ducks on the pond
- The quack of the ducks woke the whole village at dawn.
- We heard the quack of a duck from behind the bushes.
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- The children laughed at the loud quack from the pond.
- A sudden quack made the little girl jump.
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[I]
(of a duck) to make the sound a duck makes
(बत्तख का) आवाज़ करना
- The ducks quacked loudly.
- The duck quacked and swam towards the children.
- The ducks quacked happily as the rain began.
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- A duck quacked loudly beside the boat.
- The toy duck quacks when you press its tummy.
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Animal sounds asked with it: ducks quack, dogs bark, lions roar, horses neigh, frogs croak, snakes hiss, cows low, sheep bleat.
जानवरों की आवाज़ें साथ पूछी जाती हैं: ducks quack, dogs bark, lions roar, horses neigh, frogs croak, snakes hiss, cows low, sheep bleat।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person who falsely claims to have medical skill (also charlatan); the practice is quackery.
'जो झूठा दावा करे कि उसे चिकित्सा का ज्ञान है' के लिए यह शब्द (या charlatan) आता है; यह काम quackery कहलाता है।