quacines.html - v. & n.
--n.

the harsh sound made by ducks.

--v.

intr.
1 utter this sound.
2 colloq. talk loudly and foolishly. [imit.: cf. Du. kwakken, G quacken croak, quack]

quacines.html - n.
1 a an unqualified practiser of medicine. b (attrib.) of or characteristic of unskilled medical practice ( quack cure).
2 a charlatan.
3 sl. any doctor or medical officer.

quackery n. quackish adj. [abbr. of quacksalver f. Du. (prob. f. obs. quacken prattle + salf SALVE(1))]

quacines.html - See: HAVE (NO) QUALMS ABOUT.

quacines.html - See: UNKNOWN QUANTITY.

quacines.html - {n.} A football play in which the quarterback takes the ball from the center and dives straight ahead in an attempt to gain a very short distance. * /Johnson took the ball over on a quarterback sneak for a touchdown./

quacines.html - adjective (Lifestyle and Leisure) Of a wine: lending itself to being drunk copiously, drinkable. Etymology: Formed by adding the suffix -able to the verb quaff 'to drink (liquor) copiously'. History and Usage: This is one of the many words on the borderline between wine-lovers' slang and technical terminology that have thrived in the growing literature on wine in the eighties. It is an intensively fruity, soft-bodied wine,...charming and eminently quaffable. Washington Post 1 Dec. 1982, section E, p.
1 Were it not for 'a little local difficulty' we would here in Britain already be able to drink the very quaffable wines of Argentina. Wine Society Annual Review 21 Apr. 1987, p. 12