(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a tropical bird with a curved beak and brightly-coloured or grey feathers. Parrots can be kept as pets. Some ~s are able to copy what people say.
N-COUNT
2.
If you disapprove of the fact that someone is just repeating what someone else has said, often without really understanding it, you can say that they are ~ing it.
Generations of students have learnt to ~ the standard explanations.
= repeat
VERB: V n disapproval