ventriloquising
Speaking without moving
Ventriloquising is the British spelling of ventriloquizing—the act of speaking or singing while minimizing visible lip movement, creating the illusion that the sound comes from elsewhere, typically a puppet or dummy.
The skill requires projecting the voice while keeping facial muscles still: She spent years ventriloquising before mastering the technique.
Lifelike substitute figure
- puppetControlled performing figure
- marionetteString-controlled theatrical figure
- figureOutline or numeral
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
puppeteer · wooden · articulated · doll · control · strings · muppet · sidekick
Something that extends outward
- misdirectionIntentional focus manipulation
- disembodiedWithout a physical body
- acousticsStudy of sound transmission
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
deception · trickery · practice · mastery · skill · timing · synchronization · coordination
Clear vocal expression
- enunciationClarity of spoken words
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- inflectionWord form alteration
pitch · timbre · diction · phonation · labial · bilabial · consonants · muffled
dummy
Lifelike substitute figure
- puppetControlled performing figure
- marionetteString-controlled theatrical figure
- figureOutline or numeral
manipulation · puppeteer · wooden · articulated · doll · control · strings · muppet · sidekick · character
projection
Something that extends outward
- misdirectionIntentional focus manipulation
- disembodiedWithout a physical body
- acousticsStudy of sound transmission
illusion · deception · trickery · practice · mastery · skill · timing · synchronization · coordination
articulation
Clear vocal expression
- enunciationClarity of spoken words
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
inflection · pitch · timbre · diction · phonation · labial · bilabial · consonants · muffled · clarity
act
Deed or performance
- stageRaised performance platform
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- entertainerOne who amuses others
cabaret · variety · vaudeville · show · theatre · spectacle · comedy · routine · timing · patter
Shari Lewis
- performerOne who entertains audiences
- entertainerOne who amuses others
ventriloquisinglip-syncing
Matching mouth to audio
lip-synching · miming · mouthing · dubbing · playback singing
eloquent, preventing, inventing, loquacious, soliloquy, colloquy, interlocutor, circumlocution, ventral