Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Reading or understanding what another says by observing the movements of his lips: used in regard to the instruction of the deaf and dumb.
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Examples
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Medical mishap was followed by cultural suppression, as Terry was kept from learning sign language because the thinking of the times was that ASL was not a "real language" and lip-reading offered children a chance to be "normal".
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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The rest of joke was censored by NBC, but our lip-reading skills lead us to believe he continued, "but you can't f---ing understand a word they say."
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As a result of this limitation, she has been going through memory enhancing and lip-reading training, but she is still quite unskilled in these aspects.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Tom’s Review Forum 2009
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According to the poll, only a third of likely Republican voters say they will definitely support the candidate they are currently backing, with two-thirds saying they may change their minds.2.14pm: Whoever it is who makes the Bad Lip Reading videos have just put out another one – and it gives the lip-reading treatment to Mitt Romney:I think that's the best so far, partly because Romney is so awkward that it seems plausible.
US politics live blog: fundraising totals, Herman Cain's gaffes 2011
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Medical mishap was followed by cultural suppression, as Terry was kept from learning sign language because the thinking of the times was that ASL was not a "real language" and lip-reading offered children a chance to be "normal".
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Besides the violin lessons, I took classes in lip-reading, hand-spelling, and sign.
Quiet 2010
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So the violin, lip-reading, hand, and sign — but what wasn't easy to learn was the Helen Keller thing.
Quiet 2010
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Pioneers in the deaf community, Sally worked as a teacher and a college secretary and lent her expert lip-reading skills to law enforcement investigations, while Paul, an engineer and retired professor, helped develop the TTY, a widely-used telecommunication device for the hearing-impaired.
"Hear and Now" premieres on HBO May 8 BA Haller 2008
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She's also helping out in the investigation, by lip-reading the people on the CCTV footage for the chief investigating officer, who happily happens to be her uncle (as well as Brodie's owner).
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In his third feature as a director, Jacques Audiard displayed his penchant for odd couplings: Carla (Emmanuelle Devos), a deaf secretary whose lip-reading skills are sharp enough that she can interpret the malicious remarks of her male colleagues; and Paul (Vincent Cassel), a lug who's recently served time for aggravated robbery.
'A Prophet': The Crime Epic Reborn John Anderson 2010
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