Dictionary entry

Ventriloquist

Pronunciation: /vɛnˈtrɪləkwɪst/

Pronunciation

/vɛnˈtrɪləkwɪst/

Myanmar Meaning

ventriloquist [ventrilckwist] a professional entertainer who can speak so that his voice seems to come from some other person or place, esp from a dummy which he controls. မိမိအသံကို အခြားတစ်ပါးမှ ပေါ်ထွက်လာဟန် ဖန်တီး၍ ဖျော်ဖြေသူ။ ventriloquism (n).

Definition

ventriloquism / ven'trÇlǝkwÇzǝm / n [U] မိမိအသံကို အျခား တစ္ပါးမွ ေပၚထြက္လာဟန္ ဖန္တီး၍ ေဖ်ာ္ေျဖမႈ။ ❏ ventriloquist / -kwÇst / n ယင္းအတတ္၌ ကြၽမ္းက်င္သူ။ a ventriloquist's dummy.

Examples

  1. ‘Around this time he had his first puppet made and began to learn ventriloquism.’
  2. ‘Mrs Richards said: ‘I have done puppet and ventriloquism shows all over the country
  3. but it's great to get the puppets on display in Essex.’’
  4. ‘He can lecture at some length on the origins of the language
  5. and it's only the mention of ventriloquism that prompts him to digress again.’
  6. ‘Should pantomime
  7. ventriloquism
  8. and verbiage be mixed?’
  9. ‘It is a mix of wit
  10. shadow play and mime.’