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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 voice
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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