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Definition of "ventriloquism" []

  • The art of projecting one's voice so that it seems to come from another source, as from a wooden figure. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "ventriloquism" in a sentence
  • "The only word in that passage which appears to hint at what we call ventriloquism is"
  • "As a boy he developed the skill in ventriloquism that he later used to earn his tuition at Northwestern University."
  • "The voices are strong throughout, but Gregory's ventriloquism is at its best with Bess of Hardwick, a woman who managed to throw off the restrictions of birth, class and sex in order to achieve things that proved beyond her titled husband."