parrot
[verb]
Synonyms: repeat, copy, echo, imitate, mimic

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I. par‧rot¹ /ˈpærət/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably from Old French perroquet]

1. a tropical bird with a curved beak and brightly coloured feathers that can be taught to copy human speech

2. parrot fashion British English if you learn something parrot fashion, you repeat what someone has just said without understanding it ⇒ by heart:
We recited poems parrot fashion.
⇒ sick as a parrot at sick¹(10)

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II. parrot² verb [transitive]
to repeat someone else’s words or ideas without really understanding what you are saying – used to show disapproval:
He just parroted his father’s opinions.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲