VENTRILOQUY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy)

Synonyms:

ventriloquism; ventriloquy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ventriloquy" is a kind of...):

art; artistry; prowess (a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation)

Derivation:

ventriloquist (a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy)