parrot as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
parrot
noun
1 parrot
Usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds.
Roget 19:
imitation;
copying
etc.
v.;
transcription;
repetition,
duplication,
reduplication;
quotation;
reproduction;
mimeograph,
xerox,
facsimile;
reprint,
offprint.
mockery,
mimicry;
simulation,
impersonation,
personation;
representation
etc.
554;
semblance;
copy
etc.
21;
assimilation.
paraphrase,
parody,
take-off,
lampoon,
caricature
etc.
21.
plagiarism;
forgery,
counterfeit
etc.
(falsehood)
544;
celluloid.
imitator,
echo,
cuckoo†,
parrot,
ape,
monkey,
mocking bird,
mime;
copyist,
copycat;
plagiarist,
pirate.
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Roget 584:
loquacity,
loquaciousness;
talkativeness
etc.
adj.;
garrulity;
multiloquence†,
much speaking.
jaw;
gabble;
jabber,
chatter;
prate,
prattle,
cackle,
clack;
twaddle,
twattle,
rattle;
caquet†,
caquetterie [Fr.];
blabber,
bavardage†,
bibble-babble†,
gibble-gabble†;
small talk
etc.
(converse)
588.
fluency,
flippancy,
volubility,
flowing,
tongue;
flow of words;
flux de bouche [Fr.],
flux de mots [Fr.];
copia verborum [Lat.],
cacoethes loquendi [Lat.];
furor loquendi [Lat.];
verbosity
etc.
(diffuseness)
573;
gift of the gab
etc.
(eloquence)
582.
talker;
chatterer,
chatterbox;
babbler
etc.
v.;
rattle;
ranter;
sermonizer,
proser†,
driveler;
blatherskite [U.S.];
gossip
etc.
(converse)
588;
magpie,
jay,
parrot,
poll,
Babel;
moulin a paroles [Fr.].
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Dutch: papegaai
Polish: papuga
2 parrot
A copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated.
Polish: papuga
verb
1 parrot
Repeat mindlessly.
Dutch: napraten, papegaaien
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