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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 the opposite side of the room, from the cellar, etc.

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  1. n. 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 the opposite side of the room, from the cellar, etc.
  2. n. the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy)
  3. 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 the opposite side of the room, from the cellar, etc.
  4. The act, art, or practice of speaking in such a manner that thevoice appears to come, not from the person speaking, but from someother source, as from the opposite side of the room, from the cellar,etc.
  5. n:100 n. the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy)