Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ventriloquize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ven-tril-o-quize
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To practice ventriloquism.

Intransitive verb

verb

To speak the words of (another person), as though by ventriloquism.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Ms. Seltzer has talked about being “torn,” about wanting somehow to ventriloquize her subjects, to “put a voice to people who people don’t listen to.” Ms. De Wael has similarly referred to a longing to be part of the group to which she did not, emphatically, belong: “I felt different."

Etymology

From ventriloquy + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ventriloquy

Usage

Inflected Forms

ventriloquizes (present, singular) ventriloquizing (participle, present) ventriloquized (participle, past) ventriloquized (past) ventriloquise (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

ventriloquism

Questions

What does ventriloquize mean?: To practice ventriloquism.
Where does ventriloquize come from?: From ventriloquy + -ize.

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