parrot — ozdic

Collocations

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ADJ.

dead, gold, late, political, splendid, stiff, sweet, wonderful

VERB + PARROT

bought, discovering, keep, keeps, like, ship, taught, working

PARROT + NOUN

birdcage, company, everything, home, human, it's, larg, shakespeare

PREP.

in, on, with

ADV.

already, only, only, then

Definitions

noun

1

A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.

I bought a wonderful parrot at the pet store.

Mrs. Merdle was at home, and was in her nest of crimson and gold, with the parrot on a neighbouring stem watching her with his head on one side, as if he took her for another splendid parrot of a larger species.

2

A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.

What kind of a parrot are you? He just said that.

In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim of society, he tends to become a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men’s thinking.

3

A puffin.

4

channel coal.

5

A transponder.

verb

1

To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.

The interviewee merely parroted the views of her tabloid.

So when political leaders parrot the tobacco company line, say cigarettes are not necessarily addictive, and oppose our efforts to keep tobacco away from our children, they continue to cater to powerful interests, but they're not standing up for parents and children.

name

1

A surname transferred from the given name.

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Idioms & Phrases

sick as a parrot

Extremely sick; very ill.

strangle the parrot

To switch off the transponder, for example, because it is interfering with the radar system.

If you fly jets, you know what it means to strangle the parrot (turning off the transponder that identifies aircraft as friendly or hostile) and that the howgozit is a dial that sh

Example Bank

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I bought a wonderful parrot at the pet store.

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Mrs. Merdle was at home, and was in her nest of crimson and gold, with the parrot on a neighbouring stem watching her with his head on one side, as if he took her for another splendid parrot of a larg

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This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to see its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it wou

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The interviewee merely parroted the views of her tabloid.

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So when political leaders parrot the tobacco company line, say cigarettes are not necessarily addictive, and oppose our efforts to keep tobacco away from our children, they continue to cater to powerf

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06

While interviewing officers, some prosecutors will tell them what the law will require that he, the prosecutor, establish through his witnesses. The officer-witness will then parrot back those require

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, parrot is marked as figuratively, archaic, obsolete, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.