"ventriloquate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: ventriloquates [present, singular, third-person], ventriloquating [participle, present], ventriloquated [participle, past], ventriloquated [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} ventriloquate (third-person singular simple present ventriloquates, present participle ventriloquating, simple past and past participle ventriloquated)
  1. To speak without moving the lips, like ventriloquists do.
    Sense id: en-ventriloquate-en-verb-ymlqNERP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
  2. To speak in someone else's voice.
    Sense id: en-ventriloquate-en-verb-7xefqE82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ventriloquist, ventriloquism

Inflected forms

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