| Pronunciation: | ven'trilu`kwizum | ||
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| Matching Terms: | ventriloquist, ventriloquist's dummy | ||
 WordNet Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | [n] the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy) | ||
| Synonyms: | ventriloquy | ||
| See Also: | art, artistry, prowess | ||
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | \Ven*tril"o*quism\, n. [See {Ventriloquous}.]
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 the opposite side of the
room, from the cellar, etc.
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