ventriloquist dummy
Performer's wooden partner
A ventriloquist dummy is a puppet, typically human-shaped, manipulated by a performer who speaks without visibly moving their lips, creating the illusion that the dummy is talking.
The dummy usually sits on the ventriloquist's lap or knee, with a movable mouth controlled by hand.
Figuratively, calling someone a ventriloquist dummy suggests they're a mouthpiece for another's ideas: The senator is just a ventriloquist dummy for corporate interests.
- puppetControlled performing figure
- woodenMade from timber
- creepyDisturbingly strange
- jawBone holding teeth
- paintedCoated with pigment
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- Puppetspuppet, finger puppet, hand puppet, marionette, sock puppet
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- uncannyuncanny valley, doppelganger, mannequin, mannequins, wax figure
- ventriloquism suppliespuppet, hand puppet, headstick, control stick
- toysteddy bear, doll, dolls, stuffed animal, puzzles
- Clown Propsrubber chicken, wigs, glasses, fake nose, balloon animals
ventriloquist dummymarionette
String-controlled theatrical figure
string puppet · shadow puppet · hand puppet · sock puppet · finger puppet
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