noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

biloquismbiloquismventrilocutionventriloquy

Etymology

ventriloquy + -ism.

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