Parrot

Definitions

1. A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
2. A surname transferred from the given name.
3. A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.
   figuratively
4. A puffin.
   archaic
5. channel coal.
   obsolete
6. A transponder.
   slang

Equivalents

Examples

“I bought a wonderful parrot at the pet store.”

“Mrs. Merdle was at home, and was in her nest of crimson and gold, with the parrot on a neighbouring stem watching her with his head on one side, as if he took her for another splendid parrot of a larger species.”

“This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to see⟳ its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies. It's run⟳ down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.”

“What kind of a parrot are you? He just said that.”

“In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim of society, he tends to become⟳ a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men’s thinking.”

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