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VENTRILOQUIST'S DUMMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ventriloquist's dummy mean? 

VENTRILOQUIST'S DUMMY (noun)
  The noun VENTRILOQUIST'S DUMMY has 1 sense:

1. a wooden dummy into which a ventriloquist projects the voiceplay

  Familiarity information: VENTRILOQUIST'S DUMMY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VENTRILOQUIST'S DUMMY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A wooden dummy into which a ventriloquist projects the voice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ventriloquist's dummy" is a kind of...):

dummy (a figure representing the human form)


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