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parrot
[ par-uht ]
noun
- any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- a person who, without thought or understanding, merely repeats the words or imitates the actions of another.
verb (used with object)
- to repeat or imitate without thought or understanding.
- to teach to repeat or imitate in such a fashion.
parrot
/ ˈpærət /
noun
- any bird of the tropical and subtropical order Psittaciformes, having a short hooked bill, compact body, bright plumage, and an ability to mimic sounds psittacine
- a person who repeats or imitates the words or actions of another unintelligently
- sick as a parrot facetious.sick as a parrot extremely disappointed
verb
- tr to repeat or imitate mechanically without understanding
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Derived Forms
- ˈparrotry, noun
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Other Words From
- parrot·like adjective
- parrot·y adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of parrot1
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Example Sentences
As he describes why he plans to spend the rest of his days in Kisangani, a pet parrot gnaws on his Rolex.
Oliver bares his soul as he highlights comments in which he is compared to a parrot and knocked for mocking an unremarkable soda.
There's the parrot, wings wrapped around himself, shivering.
Finally the guy gets fed up and throws the parrot in the freezer to punish him.
Everyone inside the cavernous O2 arena in East London knew exactly what his complaint would be: This was a Dead Parrot.
He stooped to knot up his long, wet hair, and the parrot fluttered to his shoulder.
Hephzibah seldom spoke; perhaps, like the parrot in the story, she thought the more.
All the parrot tribe in Brazil is beautiful: but neither parrots nor parroquets talk well.
He has been teasing my parrot in its cage, and has plucked so many of its feathers that it now looks like a beaked rat.
One large gray parrot had learned her name, and would call out, "Good-morning, Susan!"
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