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lip reader

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lip⋅read

[lip-reed] verb, -read [-red] , -read⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips without hearing the sounds made.
–verb (used without object)
2. to use lipreading.
Compare speechread.


Origin:
1890–95; lip + read 1


lipreader, noun
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lip reading  
n.  A technique for understanding unheard speech by interpreting the lip and facial movements of the speaker.
lip reader n.
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