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Definition of parrot verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. parrot somebody/something to repeat what somebody else has said without thinking about what it means
    Word Originearly 16th cent.: probably from dialect French perrot, diminutive of the male given name Pierre ‘Peter’. Compare with parakeet.
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