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lipreader

lipreader noun: someone who is able to determine a person's speech by observing the motion of their lips.

Noun

lipreader (plural lipreaders)

  1. Someone who is able to determine a person's speech by observing the motion of their lips.
  2. A person who lipreads, or encourages others to do so.
    • Where is Bubba? Where's our leader? Where's our favorite lipreader?2008, Tom Paxton, “George W. Told the Nation”, in Farewell to the Thief!

Forms of lipreader

plurallipreaders
alternative formlip-reader

Origin of lipreader

From lip + reader.

Questions about lipreader

What does lipreader mean?
Lipreader means someone who is able to determine a person's speech by observing the motion of their lips.
What part of speech is lipreader?
Lipreader is a noun.
What is the plural of lipreader?
The plural of lipreader is lipreaders.

Words near lipreader in the dictionary

  1. lipprints
  2. Lipps
  3. lippy
  4. Lippys
  5. lipread
  6. lipreader
  7. lipreaders
  8. lipreading
  9. lipreads
  10. liprotide
  11. liprotides

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