English

Noun

poll parrot ‎(plural poll parrots)

1. (dated) A tame parrot

Verb

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

1. (transitive, dated) to speak, repeat, or imitate something like a parrot
2. (intransitive, dated) to chatter like a parrot

Quotations

• 1864 — Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, Bk II, ch XII

  '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?'