Ventriloquism Definition

vĕn-trĭlə-kwĭzəm
noun
The art or practice of speaking so that the voice seems to come from some source other than the speaker.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Ventriloquism

Noun

Singular:
ventriloquism
Plural:
ventriloquisms

Origin of Ventriloquism

  • From Latin ventriloquus speaking from the belly venter ventr- belly loquī to speak tolkw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • ventriloquy + -ism.

    From Wiktionary

Ventriloquism Sentence Examples

  • I used to call myself a Wizard, and do tricks of ventriloquism.

  • Terry Fator of Mesquite, Texas, walked away the winner of the second season of America's Got Talent by combining ventriloquism with singing.

  • Using his puppets and ventriloquism skills, he performed songs by Etta James, Garth Brooks, Nat King Cole and Louis Armstrong, among others.

  • I had decided to do a piece working with a ventriloquist dummy looking like myself and to learn ventriloquism.

  • The Maori rebellion, fomented by French Catholics, was an outbreak against everything foreign, and the strange religion Hau-hauism, a blend of Old Testament history, Roman Catholic dogmas, pagan rites and ventriloquism, found many adherents.

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