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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Ventriloquism

· Ven·tril·o·quism · IPA
01 n. 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 so…
  1. 1.
    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.