"parrot cry" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: parrot cries [plural]
Etymology: From the tendency of parrots to repeat words they have heard. Head templates: {{en-noun}} parrot cry (plural parrot cries)
  1. A shout which is mindlessly or mechanically repeated.
    Sense id: en-parrot_cry-en-noun-uOK1-qHr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From the tendency of parrots to repeat words they have heard.",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
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  ],
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        {
          "ref": "2001 August 6, Roy Hattersley, The Guardian:",
          "text": "Michael Portillo as shadow chancellor will immediately leap up with the parrot-cry: \"Labour always increases taxes and often invents new ones\".",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 265:",
          "text": "Parrot cries for silence on delicate political issues sounded increasingly archaic – and were quite unable to stem the rising tide of parlementary critique.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A shout which is mindlessly or mechanically repeated."
      ],
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          "mindlessly"
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        [
          "mechanically",
          "mechanically"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
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        "A shout which is mindlessly or mechanically repeated."
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