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parrot cry

parrot cry noun: a shout which is mindlessly or mechanically repeated.

Noun

parrot cry (plural parrot cries)

  1. A shout which is mindlessly or mechanically repeated.
    • Michael Portillo as shadow chancellor will immediately leap up with the parrot-cry: "Labour always increases taxes and often invents new ones".2001 August 6, Roy Hattersley, The Guardian
    • Parrot cries for silence on delicate political issues sounded increasingly archaic – and were quite unable to stem the rising tide of parlementary critique.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 265

Forms of parrot cry

pluralparrot cries

Origin of parrot cry

From the tendency of parrots to repeat words they have heard.

Questions about parrot cry

What does parrot cry mean?
Parrot cry means a shout which is mindlessly or mechanically repeated.
What part of speech is parrot cry?
Parrot cry is a noun.
What is the plural of parrot cry?
The plural of parrot cry is parrot cries.

Words near parrot cry in the dictionary

  1. Parrot Cay
  2. parrot coal
  3. parrot cries
  4. parrot crossbill
  5. parrot crossbills
  6. parrot cry
  7. parrot disease
  8. parrot fashion
  9. parrot feather
  10. parrot feathers
  11. parrot fever

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