- Poll(y)(-parrot)
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Poll(y)(-parrot)
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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 — Poll, n. [From Polly, The proper name.] A parrot; familiarly so called. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 — 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
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
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 — 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
parrot — n. See poll … New dictionary of synonyms
poll — I. n. 1. Head. 2. Person, individual. 3. Catalogue of heads, catalogue of persons. 4. Club, cheven, pollard. II. v. a. 1. Lop, clip, shear, cut closely, mow, crop. 2. Enumerate, enroll … New dictionary of synonyms
poll parrot — /pol/ polly. * * * … Universalium
