parrot
verb/ˈpærət/
/ˈpærət/
(disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they parrot | /ˈpærət/ /ˈpærət/ |
| he / she / it parrots | /ˈpærəts/ /ˈpærəts/ |
| past simple parroted | /ˈpærətɪd/ /ˈpærətɪd/ |
| past participle parroted | /ˈpærətɪd/ /ˈpærətɪd/ |
| -ing form parroting | /ˈpærətɪŋ/ /ˈpærətɪŋ/ |
- parrot somebody/something to repeat what somebody else has said without thinking about what it meansWord Originearly 16th cent.: probably from dialect French perrot, diminutive of the male given name Pierre ‘Peter’. Compare with parakeet.
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