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Definition of "ventriloquous" []

  • Of or pertaining to a ventriloquist or ventriloquism. (adjective)

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Use "ventriloquous" in a sentence
  • "Then from the prostrate body of the witch-doctor, whose legs and arms were twisted as in agony, whose dribbling mouth was closed like a vise, came a ventriloquous falsetto:"
  • "His notes had a ventriloquous effect, his beak was scarcely parted, and it was only by the trembling of the feathers of his throat that we were sure the song came from him."
  • "Is not their hum ventriloquous like that of the turkey?"