ventriloquize

[ ven-tril-uh-kwahyz ]

verb (used with or without object)

, ven·tril·o·quized, ven·tril·o·quiz·ing.

1. to speak or sound in the manner of a ventriloquist.

ventriloquize

/ vɛnˈtrɪləˌkwaɪz /

verb

1. to produce (sounds) in the manner of a ventriloquist

Word History and Origins

Origin of ventriloquize¹

1835–45; ventriloqu(y) ( def ) + -ize

Example Sentences

Or I can try to sort of ventriloquize through what I think a prose writer would do.

From Salon

But Wearing does something startling: She gets the mother to ventriloquize the boys and the boys their mother.

From Washington Post

In 2020, Gaetz would go on to ventriloquize Trump's baseless claim that the presidential election was "stolen" by dint of widespread fraud.

From Salon

Why not experiment, mess around a little, throw your voice, ventriloquize, pick up one form and put it down and move on to another?

From New York Times

It’s energizing to read a book about tech philosophy aimed at thinkers in beater cars and not thought leaders in Teslas, and certainly not aspiring “founders,” the runaways and dropouts who study Andreessen’s essays chiefly to ventriloquize them in PowerPoint investor decks.

From New York Times

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