parrot
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Is parrot a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (figurative) A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.Examples: "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."Synonyms: copycat, mimicfiguratively
2. (archaic) A puffin.Synonyms: sea-parrot, tomnoddyarchaic
3. (geology, obsolete) channel coal.obsolete
4. (aviation, slang) A transponder.slang
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.Examples: "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."; "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 requirements, making his testimony fit the requirements of the law."Synonyms: ape, copycattransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary