Reverse Dictionary: VENTRILOQUIST

VENTRILOQUISM, VENTRILOQUIST

ADJECTIVES
1713 VENTRILOQUOUS using or practising ventriloquism
1731 GASTRILOQUOUS speaking from the belly
1826 VENTRILOQUE uttered as if from the abdomen
1830 VENTRILOQUISTIC using or practising ventriloquism
1836 VENTRILOQUIAL uttered as if from the abdomen
1864 GASTRILOQUIAL speaking from the belly; pert. to ventriloquism
1864 — VENTRILOQUAL uttered as if from the abdomen


NOUNS
1584 VENTRILOQUY ventriloquism
1654 PYTHONIZING an act of ventriloquizing → obs.
1828 POLYPHONY multiplicity of sounds or voices; mimicry, ventriloquism
1831 GASTRILOQUISM ventriloquism
1846 VENTRILOCUTION ventriloquism → obs.
1848 GASTRILOQUY ventriloquism
1930 TOMMY TALKER a ventriloquist’s dummy with a pull string → sl.


NOUNS, PERSON
1598 ENGASTRIMYTH one who appears to speak in the belly; a ventriloquist → obs.
1644 VENTRILOQUUS a ventriloquist → obs.
1656 GASTROMYTH one that speaks inwardly, as out of his belly; a ventriloquist
1656 VENTRILOQUIST one who speaks in such a manner that the sound seems to issue from the air, or from other persons or inanimate things; one who practices or is expert in ventriloquy or ventriloquism; in modern use, one who gives public exhibitions of his skill in this art
1659 OB a wizard, magician, sorcerer, ventriloquist → obs.
1681 VENTRILOQUE a ventriloquist
1785 GASTRILOQUIST a ventriloquist
1836 POLYPHONIST a person capable of producing a variety of vocal sounds; a mimic, a ventriloquist
1893 VENT (ACT) a ventriloquist → UK sl.
1975 VENTRO a ventriloquist → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1988 YELPER a person skilled at imitating the voices of others; a ventriloquist → (Bk.)


VERBS
1656 HARIOLATE to practice ventriloquism → obs.
1844 VENTRILOQUIZE to use or practise ventriloquism; to speak or produce sounds in the manner of a ventriloquist