ventriloquize

[ ven-tril-uh-kwahyz ]
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verb (used with or without object),ven·tril·o·quized, ven·tril·o·quiz·ing.
  1. to speak or sound in the manner of a ventriloquist.

Origin of ventriloquize

1
1835–45; ventriloqu(y) + -ize
  • Also especially British, ven·tril·o·quise .

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How to use ventriloquize in a sentence

  • But all further explanation was cut short by a horrible, unearthly noise, like a sepulchre ventriloquizing.

British Dictionary definitions for ventriloquize

ventriloquize

ventriloquise

/ (vɛnˈtrɪləˌkwaɪz) /


verb
  1. to produce (sounds) in the manner of a ventriloquist

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