| n. | 1. | 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. |
| Noun | 1. | ventriloquism - the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy) Synonyms: ventriloquy |