Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poll parrot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: pol-l -par-rot
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dated

noun

A talkative, gossiping woman.

Archaic; Slang

verb

To speak, repeat, or imitate something like a parrot.

Dated; Transitive verb

verb

To chatter like a parrot.

Dated; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Old Marster had a poll parrot, and this poll parrot would watch Jim and tell his Marster what Jim would do."
"It was on the tip of her tongue to call her a poll parrot (Mrs. Kingdom had said nothing but 'dear me' repeatedly and freezingly). She was a free-spoken woman as a rule, and it was terrible to have to sit still and waste all the good things she could have said to her […]"
"'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?'"

Usage

Inflected Forms

poll parrots (plural) poll parrots (present, singular) poll parroting (participle, present) poll parroted (participle, past) poll parroted (past)

Synonyms

poll

Questions

What does poll parrot mean?: A tame parrot.

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