Also known as "speechreading", lip reading is a communication technique of understanding speech by watching a person's lip movements, facial expressions, and gestures, which can be enhanced by any residual hearing. It's a skill used by many people with hearing loss but also by the general public in noisy environments to aid comprehension. The technique is not foolproof, as many sounds look alike on the lips, and a complete understanding relies on context and other clues.
During the lecture, I noticed she was lip reading to keep up with the professor, especially when the classroom got really loud.
by Emotional Cruiser October 19, 2025
Get the lip readingmug. A phrase coined by TikTok celeb Jen Hamilton. It refers to the red words in the New Testament of the Bible, which are words that Jesus himself said.
by Jadyn_Sage June 15, 2025
Get the Read the red wordsmug. .
by AddictedToAnAuditoru March 6, 2025
Get the 《¤》ask《¤》messenger《¤》add《¤》oak《¤》to《¤》read《¤》the《¤》horoscopes《¤》or《¤》tarotscope《¤》again《¤》mug. When your in a class and you and your friends are not working at ALL, but you teacher thinks you are wroking.
WOW, Dude. We "hit with the reads" on our teacher and she never picked up on it. All class we never did any work.
by Drew Debree July 4, 2016
Get the hit with the readsmug. When you read this just say a “A WHOOSHY WOOSH YUR BAD NICK”
Thick is a word also (The more you know)
Thick is a word also (The more you know)
by Bœt June 8, 2019
Get the Gabby Read Thismug. (n.) a serious disease where inflamation occurs in certain parts of the brain which causes people to read books or have the idea.
by anonymous_two November 5, 2008
Get the read-a-book-itismug. Read Receipt Ghost (pronounced: reed ree-SEET gohst)
noun, informal
1. A person who has deliberately turned off read receipts in a messaging application, making it impossible for the sender to know whether the message has been read, thereby creating an air of uncertainty. A technique often employed by those who are: habitual liars, privacy ‘enthusiasts’, and/or those who only use people for selfish purposes while ghosting (in an unprovable way) the rest of the time.
Pronunciation: /ri d rɪˈsi t goʊst/
noun, informal
1. A person who has deliberately turned off read receipts in a messaging application, making it impossible for the sender to know whether the message has been read, thereby creating an air of uncertainty. A technique often employed by those who are: habitual liars, privacy ‘enthusiasts’, and/or those who only use people for selfish purposes while ghosting (in an unprovable way) the rest of the time.
Pronunciation: /ri d rɪˈsi t goʊst/
“I’ve been messaging him for days and either he turned off his read receipts or he’s not seen my messages; he’s a read receipt ghost.”
“Dude only texts me when he wants something, when I text, nothing. Dudes’ got read receipts turned off and says “I didn’t see your messages””
“I’ve noticed you’re a read receipt ghost, mind turning on your read receipts for me?”
“Dude only texts me when he wants something, when I text, nothing. Dudes’ got read receipts turned off and says “I didn’t see your messages””
“I’ve noticed you’re a read receipt ghost, mind turning on your read receipts for me?”
by English is evolving October 28, 2023
Get the Read Receipt Ghostmug.