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
WodenWO-dən (English)Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Shouheisho:-he:Japanese
Diantha-Dutch, English (Rare)
Meital-Hebrew
EmÍLie-Czech
KrzyŚKZHISHPolish