"quacker" meaning in English

See quacker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-au-quacker.ogg [Australia]
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  1. (nonce word, humorous) comparative form of quack: more quack. Tags: comparative, form-of, humorous, nonce-word Form of: quack (extra: more quack)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Audio: En-au-quacker.ogg [Australia] Forms: quackers [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English quack Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English quacker From quack (verb) + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|quack<pos:verb>|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English quack Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English quacker [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzijos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "quacker", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="quacker"> From quack (verb) + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} quacker (plural quackers)
  1. One who quacks.
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  2. (slang) A playing card with the rank of two; a duck. Tags: slang
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Etymology number: 1

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      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nMiddle Dutch quacsalven\nDutch quacksalverbor.\nEnglish quacksalverclip.\nEnglish quack\nEnglish -er\nEnglish quacker\n[Appendix:Glossary#clipping|Clipping]] of\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle Dutch\", \"term\" : \"quacsalven\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"dum\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Dutch\", \"term\" : \"quacksalver\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"nl\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"quacksalver\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"clipping\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"quack\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\", \"pos\" : \"adjective\" }, { \"id\" : \"comparative\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-er\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"quacker\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"quacker\">\nFrom quack (adjective) + -er.",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nMiddle Dutch quacsalven\nDutch quacksalverbor.\nEnglish quacksalverclip.\nEnglish quack\nEnglish -er\nEnglish quacker\nFrom quack (adjective) + -er.",
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        "English comparative adjectives",
        "English humorous terms",
        "English nonce terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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          "ref": "1916 August 5, Henry D. Estabrook, “Truth in Advertising [advertisement]”, in The Duluth Herald, volume XXXIV, number 102, Duluth, Minn.: The Herald Company, →OCLC, page 6:",
          "text": "[Y]ou have undertaken to rid all our newspapers and periodicals of untrue, unclean and dishonest advertisements. It seems to me that you have already gained your victory and henceforth have only to guard the fruits of it, for, recently I examined as many newspapers and magazines as I could lay hands on just to see if I could find in them those old, alluring advertisements, ranging from the quack doctor to the quacker promoter and the quackest oracle of fate. There was nothing doing—everything as clean as a hound's tooth and as wholesome as sunshine.",
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        "comparative form of quack: more quack."
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          "quack#English"
        ],
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          "quack",
          "quack#English"
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        "(nonce word, humorous) comparative form of quack: more quack."
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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