I. noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sick as a parrot
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Her island was peopled with plumed parrots, preening dodos, psychedelic land crabs.
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In common with toucans, parrots and woodpeckers, cuckoos have two toes pointing forwards and two pointing back.
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No, no: the parrot , the parrot in gloves.
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Of the ten parrot species, eight are special to Sulawesi.
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The sands were crowded with these strange bright parrots, accompanied by young gentlemen with unorthodox headgear and unbuttoned waistcoats.
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The thieves knew exactly what they were after - breeding pairs of parrots and parakeets - six thousand pounds worth.
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They run off laughing like parrots as my companion shouts after them in disgust.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After the reports some political worthies spew out the same old phrases they parroted last time the natives grew restless somewhere.
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Despite this, it has the gall to parrot the vocabulary of Tory ideology.
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He defended himself vigorously, and took Theo to task for parroting their father's words.
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Most are parroting a deeply entrenched view which they have not critically or creatively examined.
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That does not mean that they parroted slogans without appreciating their significance.
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The message would be couched in Inquisition language; the Astropath would parrot the words out telepathically.
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When Alexander hung up, I would call three or four investors and simply parrot what Alexander had just said.