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quack-quack

quack-quack

8.5
A word children use for a duck that copies its sound
  • noun
  • /kwæk kwæk/
  • Baby Talk
translation icon : cuac-cuac
  • The baby squealed with delight when she saw the quack-quack at the pond.

Examples

  • We fed bread to the quack-quacks at the park last Sunday.

  • He pointed to the picture book and said, "Look, a quack-quack!"

  • The child said quack-quack when she saw the duck.

  • Look at that duck making a quack-quack sound!

  • He pointed to the picture book and said, "Look, a quack-quack!"

  • The baby squealed with delight when she saw the quack-quack at the pond.

  • Look at that duck making a quack-quack sound!

Synonyms

ducky
vsquack-quack
  • Baby Talk
8 3.0

A small toy duck children play with in the bath

is the child's imitative word that copies the animal's sound
duckie
vsquack-quack
  • Informal
1 8.9

A friendly name for a person, or a small duck

is an imitative child word focusing on the sound rather than a pet name

Surface Forms

quack-quack singular
quack-quacks plural

Etymology

Quack-quack comes from the duck's call quack ('quack'), and children repeat it as baby talk, like saying 'moo' for a cow, so they use it to mean a duck.