'Ventriloquism' definitions:
Definition of 'ventriloquism'
(from WordNet)
noun
The art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy) [syn: ventriloquism, ventriloquy]
Definition of 'Ventriloquism'
From: GCIDE
- Ventriloquism \Ven*tril"o*quism\, n. [See Ventriloquous.] 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. [1913 Webster]