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
Examples of parrot in a Sentence
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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Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
Some of the parrots that can mimic sounds are the African gray, Amazon parrot, cockatoo and parakeet.
—Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
At the same time, there was also a tendency to occasionally parrot single phrases and details, rigidly mimicking the storyteller.
—Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Gizmo’s exploits with parrot brother Cosmo garnered some 13.3 million views on his site from Feb. 19 through Thursday, a glance at Kaplanis’ dashboard showed.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
Some of the parrots that can mimic sounds are the African gray, Amazon parrot, cockatoo and parakeet.
—Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
Loading your audio article Phish has had to deal with a huge number of haters and skeptics over the decades, ones who chose to go the contempt-prior-to-investigation route and just parrot all the tired hippie/granola clichés that have long dogged the jam-band genre.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
At the same time, there was also a tendency to occasionally parrot single phrases and details, rigidly mimicking the storyteller.
—Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Parrot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parrot. Accessed 5 May. 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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