noun
parroting back; repeating like a parrot
Describes mindlessly repeating someone's words back to them, often used adverbially as オウム返しに.
彼は私の言ったことをオウム返しにした。
He parroted back what I said.
オウム返しに質問を繰り返すだけでは会
Just repeating questions back like a parrot doesn't make a conversation.