<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets</li><li>a person who, without thought or understanding, merely repeats the words or imitates the actions of another</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to repeat or imitate without thought or understanding</li><li>to teach to repeat or imitate in such a fashion</li></ul>