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poll parrot — noun a tame parrot • Syn: ↑poll • Hypernyms: ↑parrot * * * noun Etymology: poll (V) + parrot, n. : a tame parrot * * * /pol/ polly … Useful english dictionary
poll-parrot — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: poll parrot transitive verb : to speak, repeat, or imitate like a parrot poll parroting nonsense H.L.Mencken intransitive verb : to chatter lik … Useful english dictionary
poll parrot — 1. noun A tame parrot 2. verb a) to speak, repeat, or imitate something like a parrot b) to chatter like a parrot … Wiktionary
Little Poll Parrot — is a traditional children s nursery rhyme. It is an example of a nursery rhyme that contains six dactylic lines, similar to other rhymes like Little Miss Muffet and Little Jack Horner, and it probably originates from the seventeenth century.… … Wikipedia
poll — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a the process of voting at an election. b the counting of votes at an election. c the result of voting. d the number of votes recorded (a heavy poll). 2 = GALLUP POLL, opinion poll. 3 a a human head. b the part of this on which… … Useful english dictionary
parrot — Synonyms and related words: Babbitt, Middle American, Philistine, anal character, ape, bourgeois, burgher, come again, commit to memory, compulsive character, con, conformer, conformist, conventionalist, copier, copy, copycat, copyist,… … Moby Thesaurus
Poll — Poll, n. [From Polly, The proper name.] A parrot; familiarly so called. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Poll(y)(-parrot) — Parrot … A concise dictionary of English slang
poll — I. /poʊl / (say pohl) noun 1. the registering of votes, as at an election. 2. the voting at an election. 3. the number of votes cast. 4. the numerical result of the voting. 5. an enumeration or a list of individuals, as for purposes of taxing or… …
parrot — n. See poll … New dictionary of synonyms
