Meaning of ventriloquial | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of or relating to ventriloquy.
2. Spoken to oneself.
3. Of bird vocalisations, sounding as though emanating from a location other than where the vocalising bird is.

Examples

“Her voice came, muffled, as if from the back of the top of his head. The ventriloquial effect was startling.”

“Learn⟳ the ventriloquial alphabet: A C D E G H I J K L N O Q R S T U X Z”

“He threw half-crowns up into the air until they disappeared into the central blue, and then held a ventriloquial conversation, not in the best of taste⟳, with the celestial spirits, who having caught the coins announced their intention of sticking to them.”

“We tried this a couple of times with no luck whatsoever, partly because whipbirds are notoriously ventriloquial and we could never agree⟳ on where the call⟳ was coming from.”

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