Typically refers to the time in ones like when one realizes they are too old to be a "duckling"
Mr. Finch: AH! One feels like a duck splashing around in all this wet, and when one feels like a duck, one is happy.
His assistant: ooOOOooh dUCkliNgs!
Mr. Finch: Too old to be a duckling, quack quack
Mr. Finch has Quacked