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parrot
English
Etymology
First attested in 1525. From Middle French perrot, either a diminutive of Pierre or a shortened form of perroquet (whence also parakeet). Compare French pierrot and Occitan parrat. A number of origins have been suggested for perroquet, such as Spanish periquito and Italian parrocchetto. The relationship between these various words is disputed. Replaced earlier popinjay.
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: p?r??t, IPA(key): /?pæ??t/, /?p???t/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: p?r??t, IPA(key): /?pæ??t/
- (Mary–marry–merry merger)
- Rhymes: -æ??t
- Hyphenation: par?rot
Noun
parrot (plural parrots)
- A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
- Synonyms: (bird of the order Psittaciformes) psittacine, popinjay
- (figuratively) A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.
- Synonyms: copycat, mimic
- 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The American Scholar,
- 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.
- (archaic) A puffin.
- Synonyms: sea-parrot, tomnoddy
- (geology, obsolete) Channel coal.
- (aviation, slang) A transponder.
Hyponyms
- (kind of bird): budgerigar, kakapo, lorikeet, lory, lovebird, macaw, parakeet, rosella
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- Polly
- popinjay
- Dead Parrot
- who's a pretty boy then
Verb
parrot (third-person singular simple present parrots, present participle parroting, simple past and past participle parroted or parrotted)
- (transitive) To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.
- 1996, Bill Clinton, Presidential Radio Address (15 June)
- So when political leaders parrot the tobacco company line, say cigarettes are not necessarily addictive, and oppose our efforts to keep tobacco away from our children, they continue to cater to powerful interests, but they're not standing up for parents and children.
- 1996, Bill Clinton, Presidential Radio Address (15 June)
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:parrot.
Synonyms
- (to repeat exactly): ape, copycat
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- raptor
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parody
English
Etymology
From Latin par?dia, from Ancient Greek ??????? (par?idía, “parody”), from ???? (pará, “besides”) + ??? (?id?, “song”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?pæ??di/, /?p???di/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pæ??di/
- Hyphenation: par?o?dy
Noun
parody (countable and uncountable, plural parodies)
- A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
- (countable, archaic) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with parity.
Translations
Verb
parody (third-person singular simple present parodies, present participle parodying, simple past and past participle parodied)
- To make a parody of something.
- The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.
Translations
See also
- satire, satirize
- pastiche
- send up, sendup, send-up
- spoof
- take off, takeoff
Further reading
- parody in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- parody in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- parody at OneLook Dictionary Search
Usage notes
Often confused with satire, which agitates for social change using humor.
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