Meaning of parrot cry | Babel Free

Definitions

A shout which is mindlessly or mechanically repeated.

Examples

“Michael Portillo as shadow chancellor will immediately leap up with the parrot-cry: "Labour always increases taxes and often invents new ones".”

“Parrot cries for silence on delicate political issues sounded increasingly archaic – and were quite unable to stem the rising tide of parlementary critique.”

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