Ventriloquist

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /vÉ›nˈtɹɪl.É™.kwɪst/
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Origin

ventriloquy + -ist

Full definition of ventriloquist

Noun

1. A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism.
• 1871, Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett, :Most ridiculous is the discomfiture which attends the opponents of predication, who, like the ventriloquist Eurycles, have the voice that answers them in their own breast.
• 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, :"Oh, I am a ventriloquist," said the little man. "I can throw the sound of my voice wherever I wish, so that you thought it was coming out of the Head. ..."

Synonyms

• biloquist

Derived terms

• ventriloquistic