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poll parroting

poll parroting is the present participle and gerund of poll parrot.

Meaning of poll parrot

Verb

poll parrot (third-person singular simple present poll parrots, present participle poll parroting, simple past and past participle poll parroted)

  1. (dated, transitive) To speak, repeat, or imitate something like a parrot.
  2. (dated, intransitive) To chatter like a parrot.
    • 'What are you Poll Parroting at now? Ain't you got nothing to do but fold your arms and stand a Poll Parroting all night?'1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, chapter XII, in Our Mutual Friend. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC

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Questions about poll parroting

What is poll parroting the present participle and gerund of?
Poll parroting is the present participle and gerund of poll parrot.

Words near poll parroting in the dictionary

  1. poll cards
  2. poll evil
  3. poll evils
  4. poll parrot
  5. poll parroted
  6. poll parroting
  7. poll parrots
  8. poll tax
  9. poll taxes
  10. poll worker
  11. poll workers

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