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- [par-uh t]
- /ˈpær ət/
- /ˈpær.ət/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [par-uh t]
- /ˈpær ət/
Definitions of parrot word
- noun parrot 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. 1
- noun parrot a person who, without thought or understanding, merely repeats the words or imitates the actions of another. 1
- verb with object parrot to repeat or imitate without thought or understanding. 1
- verb with object parrot to teach to repeat or imitate in such a fashion. 1
- noun parrot bird 1
- transitive verb parrot mimic words 1
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Origin of parrot
First appearance:
before 1515 One of the 27% oldest English words
1515-25; apparently < Middle French P(i)errot, diminutive of Pierre (see parakeet), though a comparable sense of the French word is not known until the 18th century
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Parts of speech for Parrot
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parrot popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
parrot usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for parrot
verb parrot
- ape — Apes are chimpanzees, gorillas, and other animals in the same family.
- caricaturing — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- copycatting — a person or thing that copies, imitates, mimics, or follows the lead of another, as a child who says or does exactly the same as another child.
- copy — If you make a copy of something, you produce something that looks like the original thing.
- dittoed — the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: ″. Abbreviation: do. Compare ditto mark.
noun parrot
- babbler — a person who babbles
- caricaturist — A caricaturist is a person who shows other people in an exaggerated way in order to be humorous or critical, especially in drawings or cartoons.
- chatterer — A chatterer is the same as a chatterbox.
- circulator — a person who moves from place to place.
- flibbertigibbet — a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
adj parrot
adjective parrot
- onomatopoeic — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- onomatopoetic — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
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