read lips

verb

To lipread.

Meanings

verbread lips (third-person singular simple present reads lips, present participle reading lips, simple past and past participle read lips)

present singular third person reads lips · participle present reading lips

  1. idiomaticintransitiveTo lipread.
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APA

read lips. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/read%20lips

MLA

“read lips.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/read%20lips. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “read lips,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/read%20lips.

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