ventriloqu

n. [ See Ventriloquous. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices, or is skilled in, ventriloquism. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ventriloquist monkey (Zool.), the onappo; -- so called from the character of its cry. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Ventriloquized p. pr. & vb. n. Ventriloquizing. ] To practice ventriloquism; to speak like a ventriloquist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ventriloquus a ventriloquist; venter the belly + loqui, p. p. locutus, to speak. See Ventral, and Loquacious. ] Of or pertaining to a ventriloquist or ventriloquism. [ 1913 Webster ]