ventriloquist
ventriloquist
Definition
ven·trilo·quist (-kwist)
noun
a person who practices ventriloquism; specif., an entertainer who uses ventriloquism to carry on a pretended conversation as with a large puppet, or dummy
ven·tril′o·quis′·tic adjective
ventriloquist
Usage Examples
Possessives
- dummy: We've got Wang, who's the Korean ventriloquist's dummy from Big Fish.
- doll: Bill, was a rather dilapidated ventriloquist's doll that Baird had been using for many months in his experiments.
- trick: Business has made a ventriloquist's trick of the humanity we take for granted.
Converse of object
- become: Whilst at junior school he became only the second ever British ventriloquist to have a radio show.
- do: With the circus in town, why does the ventriloquist have nothing to say?
- have: This thing of having a single ventriloquist with one small dummy comes from the late music hall era.
Adjective modifier
- good: IAN: Well, could you help me become a better ventriloquist?
Modifies a noun
- dummy: Ventriloquist dummies, perhaps not falling strictly into the category of dolls, carry even heavier baggage.
- act: The entertainment was varied by Richard doing a ventriloquist act!
- doll: We do think the ventriloquist doll deserves his own film - which I guess is why we're writing ' Shhh ' !
- skill: The staff liked him too ( despite his habit of practicing his ventriloquist skills on unsuspecting employees ).
ventriloquist Quotes
Factsareventriloquist'sdummies. Sittingonawiseman's knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere they say nothing, or talk nonsense.
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