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ventriloquism
[ven-tril-uh-kwiz-uhm]
noun
the art or practice of speaking, with little or no lip movement, in such a manner that the voice does not appear to come from the speaker but from another source, as from a wooden dummy.
ventriloquism
/ ˌvɛntrɪˈləʊkwɪəl, vɛnˈtrɪləkwəl, vɛnˈtrɪləˌkwɪzəm /
noun
the art of producing vocal sounds that appear to come from another source
Other Word Forms
- ˌٰˈܾپ adjective
- ventriloquial adjective
- ˈٰDZܾ noun
- ˌԳٰˈDZܾ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of ventriloquism1
Word History and Origins
Origin of ventriloquism1
Example Sentences
You took ventriloquism to the highest level humanly possible and made it cool.
There’s something troubling about these twin acts of ventriloquism, Parny’s poem and Ravel’s music.
we call ventriloquism, the ancient Greeks called gastromancy, believing the ventriloquist was speaking from the gut on behalf of the dead to the living.
He would be a willing puppet for their ventriloquism.
They’re also masters of ventriloquism, capable of throwing their voices up to 13 feet.
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