What does ventriloquate mean?
Ventriloquate means To speak without moving the lips, like ventriloquists do.
Ventriloquate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Ventriloquate is a verb meaning To speak without moving the lips, like ventriloquists do.
Meaning
To speak without moving the lips, like ventriloquists do.
More Meanings
- To speak in someone else's voice.
Example Sentences
It is, instead, a matter of developing a range of voices, of learning to ventriloquate i.e. to (re)construct utterances for our own purposes from the resources available to us' (Hall 1995: 218, emphasis in original).
Word Forms
- ventriloquates
- ventriloquating
- ventriloquated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ventriloquise, vocalize, mouth the words, voice, whisper, give tongue.
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How do you use ventriloquate in a sentence?
It is, instead, a matter of developing a range of voices, of learning to ventriloquate i.e. to (re)construct utterances for our own purposes from the resources available to us' (Hall 1995: 218, emphasis in original).
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