1
: any of numerous widely distributed tropical birds (order Psittaciformes and especially family Psittacidae) that are often crested and brightly colored, have a distinctive stout hooked bill and zygodactyl feet, and include some excellent mimics
2
: a person who sedulously echoes another's words
parrot
adjective
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Verb
Some of the students were just parroting what the teacher said.
the toddler parroted everything her father said, often to the latter's embarrassment
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James Barron, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Think of how rowdy our feral parrots or migrating geese can be.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
Tulsi Gabbard, who is Trump’s choice to serve as director of national intelligence, has already been met with skepticism from some lawmakers who worry about her past comments parroting Russian propaganda and her 2017 meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 7 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The latest New York news Image A war inside a Manhattan co-op: Noise complaints over shrieking parrots at an apartment building in Gramercy Park led to a $750,000 legal settlement and shattered a friendship.
—James Barron, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Think of how rowdy our feral parrots or migrating geese can be.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
There are new procedural rules in place in the aftermath of what happened four years ago, when Republicans parroting Trump’s lie that the election was fraudulent challenged the results their own states had certified.
—Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
Tulsi Gabbard, who is Trump’s choice to serve as director of national intelligence, has already been met with skepticism from some lawmakers who worry about her past comments parroting Russian propaganda and her 2017 meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Parrot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parrot. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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parrot
1 of 2 noun
par·rot
ˈpar-ət 
1
: any of numerous usually brightly colored tropical birds marked by a strong hooked bill, by toes arranged in pairs with two in front and two behind, and often by the ability to mimic speech
2
: a person who repeats the words of others without understanding what they mean
parrot
2 of 2 verb
: to repeat words like a parrot
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