ventriloquial /vɛntɹɪˈləʊkwɪəl/ adjective3 •Of or relating to ventriloquy.Her voice came, muffled, as if from the back of the top of his head. The ventriloquial effect was startling. — 1924 •Of bird vocalisations, sounding as though emanating from a location other than where the vocalising bird is.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. — 2005 •Spoken to oneself. formsmore ventriloquial · most ventriloquial