lipreader

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noun

Someone who is able to determine a person's speech by observing the motion of their lips.

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Meanings

nounlipreader (plural lipreaders)

plural lipreaders · alternative lip-reader

  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!

Origin

From lip + reader.

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Translations

Finnish huuliltalukija
  • huuliltalukijasomeone able to tell what a person is saying
German Lippenleser
  • Lippenlesersomeone able to tell what a person is saying
Cite this entry
APA

lipreader. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lipreader

MLA

“lipreader.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lipreader. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lipreader,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lipreader.

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