parrot

parrot is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci.
2. noun. Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidae, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako (P. erithacus) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.
3. transitive verb. To repeat by rote, as a parrot.
4. intransitive verb. To chatter like a parrot.
5. noun. usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
6. noun. a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated
7. verb. repeat mindlessly

   "The students parroted the teacher's words"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in parrot:

proart, raptor

Common word forms

parrots, parroted, parroter, parroting, parrotize

Words from these letters

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