Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One, especially an entertainer, who is adept at ventriloquism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who practises or is skilled in ventriloquism; one who speaks in such a manner that his voice appears to come from some distant place or other quarter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who practices, or is skilled in, ventriloquism.
- noun (Zoöl.) the onappo; -- so called from the character of its cry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person, especially an
entertainer , who practicesventriloquism .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy
Etymologies
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Examples
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It comes from two words - venter, which means tummy, and loqui, which means to speak - in other words a ventriloquist was supposed to be a man who could speak by using his tummy in some way.
The Mystery of the Strange Bundle Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952
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"In the 10 years I've worked with him, I don't think I've even used the word ventriloquist when I describe him," Brown-Marmel told
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"In the 10 years I've worked with him, I don't think I've even used the word ventriloquist when I describe him," Brown-Marmel told
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"In the 10 years I've worked with him, I don't think I've even used the word ventriloquist when I describe him," Brown-Marmel told
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Conventional creative writing teaching would have us believe that the ventriloquist is a more fully evolved lifeform than the exhibitionist.
Archive 2008-06-01 Tim Stretton 2008
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Conventional creative writing teaching would have us believe that the ventriloquist is a more fully evolved lifeform than the exhibitionist.
:Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2008
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The vagaries of a ventriloquist are a matter for roars of laughter.
A Padre in France George A. Birmingham 1907
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To date, the ventriloquist is the only variety act to win America's Got Talent in four series - the previous and subsequent winners have all been singers - and it is a feat he is very proud of.
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To date, the ventriloquist is the only variety act to win America's Got Talent in four series - the previous and subsequent winners have all been singers - and it is a feat he is very proud of.
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To date, the ventriloquist is the only variety act to win America's Got Talent in four series - the previous and subsequent winners have all been singers - and it is a feat he is very proud of.
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