lipreader
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]lipreader (plural lipreaders)
- Someone who is able to tell what a person is saying by looking at the motion of the lips (a technique used by the deaf, although it can be learned by the hearing, called lipreading).
- A person who lipreads, or encourages people to do so.
- 2008, Tom Paxton (lyrics and music), “George W. Told the Nation”, in Farewell to the Thief!:
- Where is Bubba? Where's our leader? Where's our favorite lipreader?
Translations
[edit]someone able to tell what a person is saying
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