Lipreader

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who is able to determine a person's speech by observing the motion of their lips.
  2. 2
    A person who lipreads, or encourages others to do so.

    "Where is Bubba? Where's our leader? Where's our favorite lipreader?"

Example

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"Where is Bubba? Where's our leader? Where's our favorite lipreader?"

Etymology

From lip + reader.

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