Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lipreading

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
lipread-ing
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of reading lips.

Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of lipread

Usage

Inflected Forms

lip reading (alternative)

Synonyms

speechreading

Rhymes With

reading leading feeding spreading bleeding breeding needing misleading preceding speeding proceeding succeeding

Questions

What does lipreading mean?
The act of reading lips.

How to pronounce lipreading

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