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to quack

to quack

7 1.0
To make the loud harsh sound a duck makes
  • verb
  • /kwæk/
translation icon : graznar
  • The ducks would quack, and her father would try to amuse her by quacking back.
  • ducks quack

It's apparently a fun instrument that quacks.

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Examples

  • Ducks quack in a canal.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack.

  • All the parents start quacking like ducks.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • I glanced over at the fountain and the ducks that were waddling around, quacking.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The duck resumed quacking.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Now is reason that if it looks like a duck, it swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's very likely to be a duck.

  • A badelynge of ducks comes waddling and quacking into a penned-in pond area, followed by humans who are gently herding them.

    Blog text (25)

  • The duck began to quack loudly when it saw the bread.

  • As we approached the pond, the ducks started to quack excitedly.

  • When he imitated the sound of a duck, he would quack in a funny way.

Synonyms

to screech
vsto quack
86 4.0

To make a loud, high, sharp sound that startles people

is the bird's characteristic harsh call rather than an extremely piercing cry
to honk
vsto quack
5 2.6

Make a loud harsh cry like a goose

is the characteristic harsh call of that bird rather than a larger bird's cry
to squall
vsto quack
2 7.2

To make a loud high sound like a baby or bird

is the characteristic bird call rather than a general high-pitched cry
to cronk
vsto quack
  • UK
9.9

To make a loud harsh croaking sound like a goose

is the characteristic harsh call of that bird rather than a croak
to blat
vsto quack
  • UK
9.6

To make a loud, crying sound like a lamb or goat

is the bird's characteristic harsh sound rather than an animal or horn noise
to racket
vsto quack
4.9

To make a loud, unpleasant noise that disturbs people

is a single species' characteristic call rather than a broad noisy disturbance
to screak
vsto quack
  • UK
9.9

To make a short, high, harsh sound like an owl or old gate

is the bird's characteristic harsh sound rather than a thin shrill tone
to skreak
vsto quack
9.9

To make a loud, high, harsh sound like a scream

is the bird's characteristic harsh sound rather than a loud screaming noise

Compounds

quack doctor
  • Offensive
1 7.5

A person who pretends to be a doctor and gives fake medical treatments

quack-quack
  • Baby Talk
8.5

A word children use for a duck that copies its sound

quack grass
  • UK
8.8

A common weed with long stems under the ground that spreads quickly through lawns

How Loud

bellow
20 4.6
to squawk
16 4.7
to quack
7 1.0
to chirp
34 1.0
to peep
2 1.5

Surface Forms

quack infinitive
quacked past
quacked past participle
quacking present participle
quacks third person singular

Etymology

Quack as a verb comes from the duck noise 'quack', so to quack is to make that harsh sound like a duck.