Definitions for parakeet

parakeet par·a·keet

Spelling: [par-uh-keet]
IPA: /ˈpær əˌkit/

Parakeet is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 187 anagrams from letters in parakeet (aaeekprt).

Definitions for parakeet

noun

  1. any of numerous small, slender parrots, usually having a long, pointed, graduated tail, often kept as pets and noted for the ability to mimic speech: several species are endangered.

Origin of parakeet

1575-85; Middle French paroquet parrot, apparently originally a diminutive of P(i)errot, diminutive of Pierre Peter, as a name for a parrot; the modern form and its earlier variants have been

Examples for parakeet

My dear Cleek, couldn't a parakeet be made to swallow a pearl?

And so for the present the parakeet lay to, rolling outside the entrance, flying a pilot jack, and waiting developments.

As a parakeet, he was chained by the tough silk cord that bound his bird's foot.

Running the parakeet doesn't seem to have made you very plump, Skipper.

Except for the two men and the parakeet, the Vulture was deserted.

He smirked and made a face at the parakeet who did its best to smirk back.

In a glass-fronted case, too, hung a brilliant cloak of parakeet feathers such as were worn by the Aztec nobles.

There are a thousand ways to get the public on your side; talking about your wife like she is a parakeet isn't one of them.

Here am I kicking you out of the command of the parakeet, to be sure.

Mr. parakeet was gasping slowly and gazing round in a circle.

Word Value for parakeet
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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