PRATE LIKE A PARROT

Meaning of PRATE LIKE A PARROT in English

talk incessantly, repeat what others say, chatter, talk nonsense

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRATE — babill(ach)ar, fanfaronar
English interlingue dictionary
PRATE — intransitive verb (~d; prating) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch; akin to Middle Low German pratten to pout Date: 15th …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PARROT — Any of the approximately 300 species of birds in the family Psittacidae. About 220 species of true parrots (subfamily Psittacinae) …
Английский словарь Британика
PRATE — I. ˈprāt, usu -ād.+V verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English praten, from Middle Dutch; akin to Middle Dutch & …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PARROT — I. ˈparət also ˈper-, usu -əd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: probably irregular from Middle French perroquet, paroquet 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRATE — (n.) Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.
Английский словарь Webster
PRATE — (v. t.) To utter foolishly; to speak without reason or purpose; to chatter, or babble.
Английский словарь Webster
PRATE — (v. i.) To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.
Английский словарь Webster
PARROT — (v. i.) To chatter like a parrot.
Английский словарь Webster
PARROT — (v. t.) To repeat by rote, as a parrot.
Английский словарь Webster
PARROT — (n.) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidae, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, …
Английский словарь Webster
PRATE — ( v. t. ) To utter foolishly; to speak without reason or purpose; to chatter, or babble.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRATE — ( v. i. ) To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRATE — ( n. ) Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PARROT — ( v. t. ) To repeat by rote, as a parrot.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PARROT — ( v. i. ) To chatter like a parrot.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PARROT — ( n. ) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidae, as distinguished from the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRATE — — prater , n. — pratingly , adv. /prayt/ , v. , prated, prating , n. v.i. 1. to talk …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIKE — like 1 — liker , n. /luyk/ , adj., ( Poetic ) liker, likest , prep., adv., conj., n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRATE — v. chatter, talk about trivial matters, babble, gab; express foolishly, utter using nonsensical talk
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PARROT — I. ˈper-ət, ˈpa-rət noun Etymology: probably modification of Middle French perroquet Date: circa 1525 1. : any of numerous widely …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRATE — intransitive verb ( prat·ed ; prat·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch; akin to Middle Low German pratten to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRATE — noun talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity. 2. prate ·vt to utter foolishly; to speak without reason or …
Webster English vocab
PARROT — vi to chatter like a parrot. 2. parrot ·vt to repeat by rote, as a parrot. 3. parrot ·noun in …
Webster English vocab
LIKE — adj likely; probably. 2. like ·adj in a like or similar manner. 3. like ·vi to be pleased; to choose. …
Webster English vocab
PRATE — ■ verb talk foolishly or at tedious length. Origin ME: from MDu., Mid. Low Ger. ~n , prob. of imitative …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRATE — [prate] vi prat.ed ; prat.ing [ME, fr. MD; akin to MLG pratten to pout] (15c): to talk long and idly: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PARROT — any of several hundred species of the bird family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. (See psittaciform.) The classification of psittaciform birds is …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRATE — prate BrE AmE preɪt ▷ prated ˈpreɪt ɪd -əd AmE ˈpreɪt̬ əd ▷ prates preɪts ▷ prating ˈpreɪt ɪŋ AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRATE — / preɪt; NAmE / verb [ v ] prate (on) (about sth) ( old-fashioned , disapproving ) to talk too …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PARROT — / ˈpærət; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun a tropical bird with a curved beak. There are several types …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIKE — / laɪk; NAmE / preposition , verb , conjunction , noun , adjective , adverb ■ preposition 1. similar to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRATE — prate /preɪt/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Middle Dutch ; Origin: praten ] old use to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PARROT — I. par ‧ rot 1 /ˈpærət/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Probably from Old French perroquet …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — I. like 1 S1 W1 /laɪk/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ like 6 ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRATE — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. chatter; talk too much. 2 intr. talk foolishly or irrelevantly. 3 tr. tell or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PARROT — n. & v. --n. 1 any of various mainly tropical birds of the order Psittaciformes, with a short hooked bill, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRATE — v. & n. v. 1 intr. chatter; talk too much. 2 intr. talk foolishly or irrelevantly. 3 tr. tell or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PARROT — n. & v. n. 1 any of various mainly tropical birds of the order Psittaciformes, with a short hooked bill, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRATE — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. chatter; talk too much. 2 intr. talk foolishly or irrelevantly. 3 tr. tell or …
Oxford English vocab
PARROT — n. & v. --n. 1. any of various mainly tropical birds of the order Psittaciformes, with a short hooked bill, …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — 1. adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — I. PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION USES /laɪk, laɪk/ ( likes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PARROT — ( parrots, parroting, parroted) 1. A parrot is a tropical bird with a curved beak and brightly-coloured or grey feathers. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRATE — verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I sat in my pew and heard him prate on for at least an hour …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PARROT — I. noun PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES sick as a parrot EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Her island was peopled with plumed …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PARROT — [noun] [C] - a bird with a curved beak and usually colourful feathers which is found mainly in tropical areas. …
Cambridge English vocab
PARROT — n. Any of the approximately 300 species of birds in the family Psittacidae. About 220 species of true parrots (subfamily …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PARROT — Synonyms and related words : Babbitt, Middle American, Philistine, anal character, ape, bourgeois, burgher, come again, commit to memory, compulsive …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRATE — v. Function: noun Synonyms: CHATTER , babble, blab, blabber, chat, gab, gabble, jabber, palaver, prattle
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
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Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PRATE — I . v. n. Prattle, chatter, tattle, babble, gabble, palaver, jabber, be loquacious, be garrulous. II . v. a. Tell …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
LIKE — See ↑ ENJOY 1, ↑ EXAMPLE 3, ↑ LIKE 1,7, ↑ WAY 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be just like • …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — INDEX: things 1. to like something 2. to like something very much 3. to like something that could be bad …
Longman Activator English vocab
PARROT — n. 1 imitator, mimic, Colloq copycat She never has an original idea of her own she's a mere parrot of …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LIKE — I verb 1 BAD : What he likes to know is how much it will cost. GOOD : What he …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
PRATE — 1. сущ. болтовня, пустословие, треп Syn : twaddle, idle talk 2. гл. 1) болтать, трепаться, нести чепуху She's always prating …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PARROT — 1. сущ. 1) попугай 2) фигура попугая, используемая в качестве мишени для стрельбы Syn : popinjay 3) попугай; человек, бессмысленно …
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