ventriloquize

especially British, ven·tril·o·quise

[ven-tril-uh-kwahyz]

verb (used with or without object)

ventriloquized, ventriloquizing 

1. to speak or sound in the manner of a ventriloquist.

ventriloquize

/ vɛnˈtrɪləˌkwaɪz /

verb

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ventriloquize¹

1835–45; ventriloqu(y) ( def. ) + -ize

Example Sentences

They are now desperately seeking to borrow or ventriloquize just enough of the far-right agenda to win elections without going all the way to blood-and-soil racism or entirely shredding the social contract.

From Salon

Or I can try to sort of ventriloquize through what I think a prose writer would do.

From Salon

But Wearing does something startling: She gets the mother to ventriloquize the boys and the boys their mother.

From Washington Post

In 2020, Gaetz would go on to ventriloquize Trump's baseless claim that the presidential election was "stolen" by dint of widespread fraud.

From Salon

Why not experiment, mess around a little, throw your voice, ventriloquize, pick up one form and put it down and move on to another?

From New York Times

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