read lips



read someone's lips

to manage to understand speech by watching and interpreting the movements of the speaker's lips. I couldn't hear her but I could read her lips.
See also: lip, read

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Metushelach-Biblical Hebrew
Altansarnai-Mongolian
Kaorikah-o-ṙeeJapanese
Leobwin-Ancient Germanic
Pejo-Croatian, Serbian
PaytonPAY-tənEnglish (Modern)