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Webster 1913 Edition


Ventriloquism

Ven-tril′o-quism

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Noun.
The act, art, or practice of speaking in such a manner that the voice appears to come, not from the person speaking, but from some other source, as from a dummy held by the ventriloquist, from the opposite side of the room, from the cellar, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ventriloquism

VENTRIL'OQUISM

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Definition 2024


ventriloquism

ventriloquism

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Noun

ventriloquism (countable and uncountable, plural ventriloquisms)

  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.

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