Head of crested parrot bounced off vehicle canopy (7)
I believe the answer is:
carport
'off vehicle canopy' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'head of crested parrot bounced' is the wordplay.
'head of' indicates taking the first letters.
'bounced' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'bounce' mean this).
The initial letter of 'crested' is 'c'.
'parrot' with letters rearranged gives 'arport'.
'c'+'arport'='CARPORT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for carport that I've seen before include "off-road parking" , "Vehicle shelter" , "vehicle cover" , "place to park vehicle" , "Leave your motor here!" .)