ventriloquism
/vɛnˈtɹɪloʊˌkwɪzəm/
ventriloquism noun: the art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.
Noun
ventriloquism (countable and uncountable, plural ventriloquisms)
- The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.
- Synonyms:
- biloquism, ventrilocution
ventriloquism meaning in Urdu, Kannada and Tagalog
ventriloquism in Urdu
- تکلم بطنی
ventriloquism in Kannada
- ಧ್ವನಿಯ ಅನುಕರಣೆ
ventriloquism in Tagalog
- art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
- bentrilokiya
Synonyms of ventriloquism
Forms of ventriloquism
| plural | ventriloquisms |
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Origin of ventriloquism
From ventriloquy + -ism.
Questions about ventriloquism
- What does ventriloquism mean?
- Ventriloquism means the art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.
- What is ventriloquism in Urdu?
- Ventriloquism in Urdu is تکلم بطنی. See Ventriloquism meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is ventriloquism?
- Ventriloquism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ventriloquism?
- Ventriloquism is pronounced /vɛnˈtɹɪloʊˌkwɪzəm/.
- What is the plural of ventriloquism?
- The plural of ventriloquism is ventriloquisms.
Words near ventriloquism in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ventriloquism (page history and authors); ventriloquism (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ventriloquism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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